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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Takashi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Habashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a white ink, including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a colorant including hollow resin particles, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent includes at least one of a monohydric alcohol having a boiling point of 240° C. or lower and a diol having a boiling point of 240° C. or lower, having at least one hydroxyl group bonded to an alkane chain at a site other than terminals of the alkane chain, and having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and a content of the at least one of the monohydric alcohol and the diol is equal to or greater than 75.0% by mass of a total amount of the water-soluble organic solvent.