Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yukiko Ishijima

Shin Hasegawa

Satoshi Kojima

Hiroki Kobayashi

Yuuki Matsushita

Takayuki Shimizu

Akiko Bannai

Masaki Kudo

Provided is an active-energy-ray-curable ink including at least a surface tension modifier and including a monomer having a surface tension of 39 mN/m or greater in an amount of 20% by mass or greater but 60% by mass or less. Preferably, the ink includes a monomer having a surface tension of 43 mN/m or greater in an amount of 5% by mass or greater but 10% by mass or less.

Ink, ink set, ink container, recording method, and recording apparatus

A liquid composition contains a coloring material, an organic solvent, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below, a resin, and water, wherein the contact angle of water against a liquid composition film formed by attaching the liquid composition to a non-permeable printing medium is 60 degrees or less,

Liquid composition, liquid discharging device, and method of manufacturing liquid composition

A curable composition contains a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator containing pheylbis(2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl)phosphine oxide and diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide in a mass ratio of pheylbis(2,4,6-trimethyl benzoyl)phosphine oxide:diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide from 1:6 to 1:160, wherein supernatant obtained after the curable composition is centrifuged for 30 minutes at 70,000 rotation per minute has an absorbance of 0.02 or less at a wavelength of 700 nm.

Curable composition, accommodating unit, device for forming two or three dimensional image, method of forming two or three dimensional image, and cured matter

A curable composition contains a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator, and a fluorescent whitener comprising a benzoxazole derivative, wherein the proportion of the fluorescent whitener is from 0.10 to 0.3 percent by mass and the proportion of the polymerization initiator is from 5 to 15 percent by mass.

A curable clear ink composition is provided. The curable clear ink composition comprises a surfactant, a monofunctional polymerizable compound having a static surface tension of 33 mN/m or less at 25 degrees C. in an amount of 10% by mass or more but 30% by mass or less, an oligomer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 or more, and an acylphosphine oxide polymerization initiator in an amount of 8% by mass or more but 12% by mass or less.

Curable clear ink composition, storing container, ink set, printing method, printed matter, and cured material

An active energy ray-curable composition is provided. The active energy ray-curable composition comprises a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator. The polymerizable compound comprises isobornyl acrylate. The active energy ray-curable composition gives, when centrifuged with a centrifugal force of 8&#xd7;10g, a supernatant with an absorbance at a wavelength of 700 nm of 0.02 or lower.

Active energy ray-curable composition, active energy ray-curable inkjet ink, composition storage container, inkjet discharging apparatus, and cured product

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Yukiko Ishijima