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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunori Goi, Kanagawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Through the active-light-ray-curable inkjet white ink according to the present invention, the ink including a pigment, a dispersing agent, a wax, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, and being capable of a sol-gel phase transition by a temperature change, the pigment including titanium dioxide surface-coated with alumina, the content of the titanium dioxide being 10% by mass to 15% by mass of the total mass of the ink, the ink including sodium ions in a mass ratio of 200 ppm or lower with respect to the pigment, and the dispersing agent including a comb-shaped block copolymer having a tertiary amine group, even when titanium dioxide is used as the pigment, the viscosity of the ink can be restrained from increasing, luster equivalent to that of another color is obtained, and clogging of a recording head for ink discharge is reduced.