Kao Corporation

Kenji Kaida

Takehiro Tsutsumi

Shigemi Wakabayashi

Makoto Sakakibara

Kuniyasu Kawabe

Ryuma Mizushima

Koji Azuma

Tadashi Sakuma

Tetsuya Ueno

Michitaka Sawada

Nobushige Tanaka

Hideki Yanagi

A water-based ink containing an aqueous dispersion of water-insoluble vinyl polymer particles containing a pigment, wherein the water-insoluble vinyl polymer is prepared by copolymerizing a monomer mixture containing (a) a monomer having a salt-forming group, (b) a monomer having a long-chain alkyl group, (c) a macromer, (d) a monomer having a polyoxyalkylene group, and (e) a monomer copolymerizable with the monomer having a salt-forming group (a), the monomer having a long-chain alkyl group (b), the macromer (c) and the monomer having a polyoxyalkylene group (d). The water-based ink can be suitably used, for instance, as a water-based ink for inkjet recording and the like.

Water-based ink

An oil-soluble dye prepared by subjecting a water-soluble dye having at least one group selected from the group consisting of sulfonate group and carboxyl group in its molecule to amidation: a water-based ink comprising the oil-soluble dye: and a process for preparing an oil-soluble dye, comprising halogenating a water-soluble dye having at least one group selected from the group consisting of sulfonate group and carboxyl group in its molecule, and thereafter subjecting the resulting halogenated water-soluble dye to amidation. The Oil-soluble dye of the present invention can be suitably and favorably used for inks for inkjet recording, inks for ball-points pens, inks for markers, toners, paints such as lacquers, inks for felt pens, and the like.

Aqueous ink for ink-jet printing comprises an emulsion of fine polymer particles and contains at least one compound selected from an amino acid or a salt thereof and the like.

Aqueous ink for ink-jet printing

An aqueous pigment ink is provided made of a pigment, a dispersant, water, and a water-soluble solvent, wherein the dispersant contains a copolymer of a monomer (a) represented by formula (A), and one or more monomers (b) selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (B) and (C): ##STR1## Wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, AO, m.sub.1, m.sub.2, n, M.sub.1, M.sub.2 and Y are as defined herein that gives improved jettability, storage stability and printing characteristics.

Aqueous ink of pigment type

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