Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Other

Masanobu Takashima

Ken Iwakura

Masato Satomura

Keiso Saeki

Yuuichi Fukushige

Shojiro Sano

Katsumi Matsuoka

Hiroshi Sato

Akira Igarashi

Naoto Yanagihara

Hirotaka Matsumoto

Toshiki Taguchi

Toshiaki Aono

Shintaro Washizu

Kenji Ikeda

Yuichi Wakata

Morimasa Sato

Manabu Ogawa

Shigetomo Tsujihata

Naoki Asanuma

Shinichiro Serizawa

Kousaku Yoshimura

Tomoko Tashiro

Yoshiharu Yabuki

Takeshi Takahashi

Kiyoshi Takeuchi

Koichi Kawamura

Hiroshi Kawamoto

Tadashi Inaba

Tadahiro Sorori

Hiroshi Takeuchi

Yoshihisa Tsukada

Hiroshi Kitaguchi

Toyohisa Oya

Katsumi Araki

Ryoichi Nakano

Yoshimitsu Arai

Takekatsu Sugiyama

Tamio Mizukami

Tatsuya Tamaoki

Tetsunori Matsushita

Yoshiyuki Yonetani

Mitsuyuki Tsurumi

Kazuyuki Koike

Shinji Fujimoto

Hisao Yamada

Kimiatsu Nomura

Kazumori Minami

Shun-ichi Ikeda

Kozo Nagata

Tomohiro Kodama

Shunsaku Higashi

Tatsuo Kawabuchi

Kimio Ichikawa

Kyoko Hanasaki

Hideaki Itou

Yuko Kanda

Masato Shimazaki

Syunsaku Higashi

A material for pressure measurement is provided, the material having a substrate made of plastic, a color forming agent layer containing a colorless electron-donating dye precursor and a color developing agent layer containing an electron-accepting compound, the material for pressure measurement forming a color utilizing a color forming reaction between the colorless electron-donating dye precursor and the electron-accepting compound, wherein the colorless electron-donating dye precursor is included in a microcapsule containing an urethane bond, wherein at least one kind of the electron-accepting compound is a metal salt of salicylic acid having a substituent, and wherein the microcapsule satisfies a relation &#x3b4;/D=from 1.0&#xd7;10to 2.0&#xd7;10, where &#x3b4; is a number-average wall thickness (&#x3bc;m) of the microcapsules, and D is a median diameter (&#x3bc;m) of microcapsules on a volume basis.

Material for pressure measurement

The present invention aims to provide a pattern forming material that is capable of suppressing generation of wrinkles and static electric charge on a substrate in a lamination step in which the pattern forming material is laminated on the substrate as well as capable of forming a fine and precise pattern; a pattern forming apparatus provided with the pattern forming material; and a pattern forming process using the pattern forming material. To this end, the present invention provides a pattern forming material having a support, a photosensitive layer, and a protective film, the photosensitive layer and the protective film being formed in this order on the support, wherein the number of fish-eyes each having an area of 2,000&#x3bc;mor more and a maximum height measured from the film surface of 1&#x3bc;m to 7&#x3bc;m residing in the protective film is 50/mto 1,000/m.

Pattern forming material, pattern forming apparatus and pattern forming process

An ink jet recording method that enables the recording of images which have a superior glossiness appropriate for production of photographic images, and which are especially superior in light fastness and ozone resistance. The image is formed on an ink jet recording medium by using an ink set, as the minimum constituent unit, having a yellow ink containing a yellow dye, a magenta ink containing a magenta dye, and a cyan ink containing a cyan dye, the magenta and cyan dyes having an oxidation potential of higher than 0.8 V (vs. SCE). The inkjet recording medium is heated and pressurized.

Ink jet recording method and ink jet image

The present invention provides a recording medium including a recording layer on a substrate, wherein the recording layer includes a polymer that has a thioether bond, has a sulfur equivalent of no less than 1.2 meq/g, and has an inorganic/organic ratio (I/O value) represented in an organic-inorganic conceptional diagram of no less than 0.5. According to the invention, the recording medium may be an ink jet recording medium, in which the recording layer is an ink receiving layer.

Recording medium

An ink for ink jet recording, which hardly causes blotting of an image even under high humidity conditions while maintaining the advantages as water-based ink (handling properties, stability, producing properties, hue), is provided. Also provided is a method of manufacturing ink for ink jet recording, an ink set for ink jet recording, and an ink jet recording method.

Sheet for ink jet recording, ink for ink jet recording, manufacturing method of ink for ink jet recording, ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method

A light-sensitive sheet comprises a support, a first light-sensitive layer and a second light-sensitive layer in this order. Each of the first and second light sensitive layers independently contains a binder, a polymerizable compound and a photo-polymerization initiator. The second light-sensitive layer is more sensitive to light than the first light-sensitive layer. A light-sensitive laminate comprises a substrate, the second light-sensitive layer and the first light-sensitive layer in this order.

Light-sensitive sheet comprising support, first light-sensitive layer and second light-sensitive layer

An ink jet recording medium including an ink receiving layer disposed on at least one side of a support, wherein the ink receiving layer is formed by applying an ink receiving layer coating solution. The ink receiving layer coating solution includes a water-soluble resin and a fine silica dispersion that has been prepared by finely dispersing a preliminary silica dispersion. The preliminary silica dispersion includes fumed silica, a cationic polymer having an I/O value of 2.4 or less, and alcohol.

Preliminary silica dispersion, fine silica dispersion, ink receiving layer coating solution and ink jet recording medium

An ink jet recording medium containing a support and an ink receiving layer on the support, in which the ink receiving layer includes at least a complex formed from a metal with a valence of two or more and an acidic group-containing compound having a substituent group containing a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. The acidic group-containing compound is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (I).(R&#x2014;XL&#x2014;Y)&#x2003;&#x2003;General Formula (I)

Ink jet recording medium and ink jet recording method

An ink-jet recording sheet including a color material receiving layer on a substrate. The color material receiving layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), In the general formula (I), Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, &#x2014;COR, &#x2014;COOR, &#x2014;SO&#x2014;R, or &#x2014;N(R)R. Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or &#x2014;N(R)R. Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group. Rto Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an acyl group, an alkoxy carbony group, an aryloxy carbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkyl sulfonyl group, an aryl sulfonyl group, or a sulfamoyl group. Rand Rmay link with each other so as to form a ring. Rto Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, &#x2014;COR, &#x2014;COOR, or &#x2014;N(R)R. Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group or &#x2014;N(R)R. Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group. Rand Reach independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an acyl group, an alkoxy carbonyl group, an aryloxy carbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkyl sulfonyl group, an aryl sulfonyl group, or a sulfamoyl group.

Ink-jet recording sheet

A light-sensitive sheet comprises a support, a first light-sensitive layer, a barrier layer and a second light-sensitive layer in this order. Each of the first and second light sensitive layers independently contains a binder, a polymerizable compound and a photo-polymerization initiator. The second light-sensitive layer is more sensitive to light than the first light-sensitive layer. A light-sensitive laminate comprises a substrate, the second light-sensitive layer, the barrier layer and the first light-sensitive layer in this order.

Light-sensitive sheet comprising support, first and second light-sensitive layers and barrier layer

To provide an ink-jet recording medium that can absorb inks satisfactorily and exhibits high print density, minimized bleeding with time and satisfactory light resistance, an ink-jet recording medium includes a support; and an ink receiving layer which is disposed on the support, contains at least fine polymer particles and has a porous structure. The ink receiving layer has a pore volume per unit thickness (A/B) of 2.0&#xd7;10ml/cm/&#x3bc;m or more, where A is the pore volume (&#xd7;10ml/cm) in the ink receiving layer at a pore diameter equal to the average particle diameter of the fine polymer particles, which pore volume is determined based on a pore distribution curve obtained according to a nitrogen gas adsorption technique; and B is the dry thickness (&#x3bc;m) of the ink receiving layer.

Ink-jet recording medium and image forming method

An inkjet recording method of forming an image on an inkjet recording sheet that has, on a support, a colorant-receiving layer which contains at least one inorganic mordant, by using an inkjet recording ink set that comprises, as minimum constituent elements thereof, a yellow ink which contains at least one yellow dye, a magenta ink which contains at least one magenta dye and a cyan ink which contains at least one cyan dye, wherein an oxidation potential of the magenta dye and an oxidation potential of the cyan dye are each nobler than 0.8 V (vs SCE).

Inkjet recording method

The present invention provides a sheet for ink jet recording, ink for ink jet recording, manufacturing method of ink for ink jet recording, ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method, which hardly blot even under high humidity conditions, and includes a betaine compound having a specific structure and a compound capable of taking a betaine structure.

Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material containing an ultraviolet light absorber precursor which forms an ultraviolet light absorber by being irradiated with light, and a hydrogen donor.

Heat-sensitive recording material

A photopolymerizable composition that is highly sensitive not only to ultraviolet light, but also light in the range from visible light to infrared light, and a recording material containing the photopolymerizable composition, which is excellent in sensitivity and decolorization property in the background part, and which is capable of forming sharp images with high contrast. The photopolymerizable composition contains a polymerizable compound having an ethylenic unsaturated bond and a radical generator capable of forming a radical by the action of the compound and the radical generator upon each other.

Photopolymerizable composition and recording material

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Shizuoka-ken, Japan

Masanobu Takashima