Aqueous ink for ink jet recording comprising a coloring matter and an aqueous medium as main components, in which at least one of dyes represented by the formula (A) or their salts is contained as the coloring matter.
[wherein R1 and R3, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom, R2 and R4, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group or an aralkyl group, A represents an optionally substituted phenyl group or naphthyl group, X represents divalent bonding group free from a saturated carbon ring, and m and n, independently from each other, represent an integer of 1 to 4].
As the dye represented by the formula (A), a dye produced by adjusting pH of an aqueous solution of the dye to 9 or more to remove insoluble matters formed is preferably used. The aqueous ink can be provided in which clogging of a printer head is eliminated, formation of a high-quality image without blotting is enabled and a recorded image has also excellent properties in light fastness, moisture resistance and storage stability.
用于喷墨记录的
水性墨
水,包括作为主要成分的
着色剂和
水性介质,其中含有至少一种由式(A)代表的
染料或它们的盐作为
着色剂。
[其中 R1 和 R3 各自代表氢原子、任选取代的烷基、任选取代的烷氧基、
氨基、羟基或卤素原子,R2 和 R4 各自代表氢原子、任选取代的烷基、任选取代的芳基或芳烷基,A 代表任选取代的苯基或
萘基,X 代表不含饱和碳环的二价键合基团,m 和 n 各自代表 1 至 4 的整数]。
作为式(A)所代表的
染料,最好使用通过将
染料水溶液的 pH 值调节到 9 或更高以去除所形成的不溶物而产生的
染料。这种
水性墨
水可以消除打印机头的堵塞,无需吸墨即可形成高质量的图像,而且记录的图像在耐光性、防潮性和储存稳定性方面也具有优异的性能。