Fujifilm Corporation

Kenjiro Araki

Kazuhiro Yokoi

Atsushi Sakamoto

Shuji Hirano

Takehiko Sato

Hiroaki Tsuyama

Kouki Nakamura

Ryo Nakamura

Koji Sonokawa

Yasuhito Oshima

Atsuyasu Nozaki

Yohei Ishiji

Kazuaki Enomoto

Taira Murakami

Kotaro Kudo

Mamoru Kuramoto

Yuuya Miyagawa

Shizuka Ishikawa

Shunsuke Yanagi

An active energy ray-curable ink including a radical polymerizable monomer, a radical polymerization initiator, a pigment, a pigment dispersing resin, an organic onium salt, and a radical polymerization inhibitor, wherein the content of the radical polymerization inhibitor is 0.05% to 5.0% by mass of the total amount of the active energy ray-curable ink and an image recording method.

Active energy ray-curable ink and image recording method

A planographic printing plate precursor having an image recording layer on a support, and an overcoat layer in this order, in which the overcoat layer includes particles, the overcoat layer is an outermost layer, and an occupation area ratio of the particles in a surface of the overcoat layer is 30% by area or more; and a method of producing a planographic printing plate obtained by using the planographic printing plate precursor.

Planographic printing plate precursor and method of producing planographic printing plate

Provided are an active energy ray-curable ink that includes a photopolymerizable monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, wherein the photopolymerizable monomer includes a monomer A1 having a surface tension of 31.0 mN/m or less, the photopolymerizable monomer has an average surface tension of 31.0 mN/m or less, and the content of a surfactant is 0.01% by mass or less of the total amount of the active energy ray-curable ink, an ink set, and an image recording method.

Active energy ray-curable ink, ink set, and image recording method

Provided are an active energy ray-curable ink including a photopolymerization initiator including a compound represented by Formula (1) and at least one of a monomer A composed of a photopolymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 400 or more or a monomer B composed of a photopolymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 130 or more and less than 400, and an image recording method. Lrepresents an organic group having 20 or less carbon atoms and a valence of n, and n represents an integer of 3 to 8. AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 0 to 15. Lrepresents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or —NR—. Rrepresents a substituent. X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and n R's and n R's each independently represent a substituent.

A photopolymerization initiator which is a compound having a structure in which one or more carbonyl groups that link to a carbon atom are further directly bonded to an aromatic ring of an aromatic acyl group that bonds to a phosphorus atom in an acylphosphine oxide structure. A producing method of a photopolymerization initiator produces the photopolymerization initiator. In a polymerizable composition and an ink jet recording method, the photopolymerization initiator is used. Furthermore, an acylphosphine oxide compound has a partial structure represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2.

Photopolymerization initiator and producing method thereof, polymerizable composition, ink jet recording method, and acylphosphine oxide compound

Provided are a planographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image recording layer on the support, in which the image recording layer contains an organic particle containing a resin that has a constitutional unit A having a cation moiety and a constitutional unit B having an anion moiety; and a method of preparing a planographic printing plate using the planographic printing plate precursor.

Planographic printing plate precursor, method of preparing planographic printing plate, and planographic printing method

A lithographic printing plate precursor including an image recording layer containing an infrared absorber represented by Formula I, on a support, and a method of producing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor. 

Lithographic printing plate precursor, method of producing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method

A lithographic printing plate precursor having an image-recording layer on a hydrophilic support, in which the image-recording layer includes an organic polymer particle, and the organic polymer particle is a reaction product obtained by at least reacting an aromatic polyvalent isocyanate compound having a structure represented by Formula PO and water, a method for making a lithographic printing plate having excellent printing resistance in the case of using an ultraviolet-curable ink in printing, a new organic polymer particle, and a resin composition including the organic polymer particle. 

Lithographic printing plate precursor, method for making lithographic printing plate, organic polymer particle, and photosensitive resin composition

A method for manufacturing laminated printed matter includes the steps of ejecting, by an ink jet process, a colorant-containing active-radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium; ejecting, by an ink jet process, a colorant-free or white-pigment-containing active-radiation-curable ink composition into a non-image area adjoining an image area formed by the colorant-containing ink composition; curing the ejected colorant-containing ink composition and the ejected colorant-free or white-pigment-containing ink composition by irradiation with active radiation to form an image layer; and laminating a lamination film on a surface on which the image layer has been formed. Laminated printed matter has, in sequence, an image layer and a lamination film. The image layer is composed of an image area and a non-image area. The non-image area is formed of a cured product selected from the group consisting of transparent cured products and white cured products. The non-image area adjoins a side of the image area in a direction along the plane of the recording medium.

Method for manufacturing laminated printed matter, and laminated printed matter

An ink jet recording method includes the steps of ejecting an active-radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium by an ink jet process and curing the ejected ink composition by irradiation with active radiation. During transporting of the recording medium in the ejecting and curing steps, an unwinding stress in the recording medium is larger than a winding stress in the recording medium. The recording medium has a thickness of 10 &#x3bc;m to 100 &#x3bc;m. Also provided is a method for manufacturing laminated printed matter using printed matter produced by the ink jet recording method.

Ink jet recording method and method for manufacturing laminated printed matter

Provided are a lithographic printing plate precursor having an image-recording layer on an aluminum support, in which the image-recording layer contains a polymerization initiator, an infrared absorber, a polymer particle, and a polymerizable compound, and the polymerizable compound has a) a molecular weight of 1,500 to 3,000, b) a double bond equivalent of 200 or less, and c) a CLog P of 9 or less and a method for producing a lithographic printing plate in which the lithographic printing plate precursor is used.

Lithographic printing plate precursor and method for producing lithographic printing plate

An actinic-ray-curable ink composition is provided, the composition including: a di(meth)acrylate having a linear alkylene group; a di(meth)acrylate having an alkylene oxide chain; a cyclohexyldienone-based polymerization inhibitor that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula (1) below and a compound represented by Formula (2) below; and a photopolymerization initiator, 

Actinic-ray-curable ink composition and ink jet recording method

A photopolymerization initiator which is a compound having a structure in which one or more carbonyl groups that link to a carbon atom are further directly bonded to an aromatic ring of an aromatic acyl group that bonds to a phosphorus atom in an acylphosphine oxide structure. A producing method of a photopolymerization initiator produces the photopolymerization initiator. In a polymerizable composition and an ink jet recording method, the photopolymerization initiator is used. Furthermore, an acylphosphine oxide compound has a partial structure represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2. 

Provided is a lithographic printing plate precursor having: a support; and an image-recording layer as an outermost surface layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer includes a hydrophilic polymer, an ion intensity derived from the hydrophilic polymer has a maximum value I1, the ion intensity being measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry in such a manner that cutting is carried out from an image-recording layer surface in a direction of the support by an Ar gas cluster ion beam method, a ratio d0/d1 of a thickness d0 of the image-recording layer to a depth d1 from an outermost layer at which the I1 is obtained is 2.0 or more, and a ratio I1/I0 of the I1 to an ion intensity I0 derived from the hydrophilic polymer at a depth from the outermost layer of the d0 is 1.5 or more.

Lithographic printing plate precursor, method for producing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method

An acylphosphine oxide compound represented by Formula 1-1 or Formula 2-1 which can be used as a photopolymerization initiator. In Formula 1-1 and Formula 2-1, A represents an m-valent group, L's each independently represent a single bond or a divalent linking group, R's each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Rand Reach independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkoxy group, m represents an integer of 3 or more, n1's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, and n2's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5. 

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Kenjiro Araki