Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Ricoh Compay, Ltd.

Tsutomu Matsuda

Mamoru Soga

Masaichiro Tatekawa

Hidekazu Arase

Nobuyoshi Watanabe

Shigeru Kusakata

Takeo Hirabayashi

Keishi Taniguchi

Hiroshi Nishihara

Toshiyuki Ohsawa

Masanori Rimoto

Takamichi Enomoto

Norio Kurisu

Masashi Ito

Masashi Itoh

Koji Uji-Ie

Masaru Shimada

Hideo Watanabe

Keishi Kubo

Yoshio Hagiwara

Yoichi Arai

Chihiro Hayashi

Shinjiro Sakurai

Takeshi Yanagihara

The invention provides a method for preparing an ink having constituents of a water-soluble dye having a water-soluble solubilizing group of at least one of a sulfonic group and a carboxyl group, water, a water-soluble substance that is condensation-polymerized in the absence of the water, a water-soluble medium and an additive including at least one of an organic acid salt and an inorganic acid salt. This method includes a first mixing step of mixing at least the dye and the water-soluble substance out of the constituents of the ink excluding the additive; a second mixing step of mixing a mixture obtained in the first mixing step and the additive; and a pH adjusting step, performed before the second mixing step, of preparing a solution including the mixture or a solution including the additive while adjusting the solution to a given pH range by using a pH adjuster.

Method for preparing ink, ink cartridge and ink-jet recording apparatus

An ink-jet recording ink contains at least a colorant, a moisturizer, water and a water-soluble substance capable of undergoing polycondensation along with vaporization of the water, in which the colorant is a chelate azo dye.

Ink-jet recording ink, image forming method, ink-jet recording apparatus and imaged article

An ink composition containing a colorant, a humectant, water, and a water-soluble substance that begins to be condensation-polymerized as the water evaporates is ejected such that drops of the ink composition are adhered onto a print materialwhose surface is acidic, whereby an image is formed on the print material

Image formation method

In an ink composition used for inkjet recording which contains a colorant, a humectant, water, and a water-soluble substance that begins to be condensation-polymerized as the water evaporates, a condensation-polymerization accelerating agent for accelerating the condensation-polymerization of the water-soluble substance is further contained.

Ink composition for inkjet recording

An organic secondary battery comprising an anode including an anode-active material, a cathode including a cathode-active material and an electrolytic medium, in which at least the cathode-active material consists essentially of a benzene polymer, and a method of producing the benzene polymer by electrolytic polymerization with anodic oxidation of a benzene or benzene derivative monomer in an electrolytic solution.

Organic secondary battery

A thermal development type diazo copying material comprising a support material and a photosensitive layer formed on the support material, which photosensitive layer comprises a diazo compound, a coupling component and a thermo-fusible auxiliary coloring agent, and which coupling component is capsulated by a hydrophobic polymeric material with a softening point ranging from 50.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic polyester resins, hydrophobic cellulose resins, hydrophobic polyamide resins and hydrophobic polyurethane resins.

Thermal development type diazo copying material with hydrophobic resin

A thermo-developable type diazo copying material including a substrate and a heat sensitive recording layer, superposed on said substrate, which consists essentially of a diazo compound, a coupler and a heat-fusible color assistant, characterized in that said heat sensitive recording layer is of the multilayered type comprising a diazo compound-containing layer and a coupler-containing layer, and said coupler is composed of one or two or more of the compounds having the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or an alkoxyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms; R.sup.1 is an alkyl group having 10-25 carbon atoms; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1-30 carbon atoms.

Thermo-developable type diazo copying material with 2-naphthol coupler

A process for the production of a thermo-developable type diazo copying material which comprises the steps of adding a heat fusible color assistant having a melting point of 50.degree. to 150.degree. C. to at least one selected from the group consisting of (a) an aqueous dispersion A containing a diazonium salt and fine particles of a hydrophobic resin consisting of a polymer of vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, acrylic ester, mechacrylic ester or olefin or a copolymer containing at least one member of aforesaid monomers as the constitution unit or a mixture of said polymer with said copolymer and (b) an aqueous solution or dispersion B containing coupler; then applying these aqueous dispersion A and aqueous solution or dispersion B onto a substrate in the order named; and drying same.

Process for the production of thermo-developable type diazo copying

A one-component or binary type diazo copying element comprises a substrate, a pre-coat layer overlying the substrate, said pre-coat layer being consisted essentially of fine particle silica and a specific copolymer having a glass transition temperature in the range of -20.degree. C. to 50.degree. C., and a diazo photosensitive layer overlying the pre-coat layer.

Diazo copying element

A thermo-developable type diazo copying material is disclosed comprising a substrate and a photosensitive layer, formed thereon, consisting essentially of a diazo compound, a coupler and a color assistant, wherein said color assistant is at least a member selected from the group consisting of fatty acid amides having the general formula I:

Thermo-developable type diazo copying material

A two-component type diazo copying material according to this invention, which comprises a support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, said layer consisting essentially of a diazo compound expressed by the following general formula I and a coupler mixture consisting of a compound expressed by the following formula II, a compound expressed by the following general formula III and a compound expressed by the following general formula IV, can form a genuine black-color image and is especially optimum for preparing a secondary original used in electrophotographic copying machines. General formula I ##STR1## (wherein R represents alkyl radical having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent substituted or non-substituted alkyl radical, aralkyl radical or cycloalkyl radical, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may form a heterocyclic ring together with the nitrogen atom to which they bond; and X represents anion.) ##STR2## (wherein X is of no account or represents O, S, SO or SO.sub.2.) ##STR3## [wherein R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or halogen; R.sub.4 represents hydrogen, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n OH (wherein n is an integer ranging from 2 to 4) or ##STR4## (wherein n is an integer ranging from 2 or 4; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 may form heterocyclic ring together with nitrogen atoms to which they bond.)]

Black-color forming two-component type diazo copying material

This invention provides yellow-developing couplers for use in diazo copying materials, which couplers are superior in light fastness and are expressed by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X and Y represent hydrogen atom, halogen, or alkyl radical or alkoxy radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Diazo copying material

A liquid developer for use in developing binary diazo copying materials which consists essentially of an alkali metal salt of an aminoacid and/or an alkaline earth metal salt of an aminoacid.

Liquid developer for binary diazo copying materials

A method of manufacturing a diazo copying material for use in preparing a secondary original, which comprises coating a water-dispersible precoating liquid comprising a porous powder, a binding agent and an anionic surface active agent having the following general formula on a transparent or translucent support and drying thereafter, and subsequently coating a photosensitive liquid consisting essentially of a photosensitive diazonium salt on the precoated surface of said support and drying thereafter. General formula: ##STR1## [wherein m represents Na or K, and R represents alkyl radical having 1 - 20 carbon atoms]

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Tsutomu Matsuda