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Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

US9895901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2016
Grant dateFeb 20, 2018
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/17509
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet recording method using an ink jet recording apparatus having a first ink storage portion, a second ink storage portion, a tube that supplies an aqueous ink from the first ink storage portion to the second ink storage portion, a mechanism that blocks the tube, and a recording head communicating with the second ink storage portion, the method including ejecting the aqueous ink from the recording head to record an image on a recording medium. The tube has an aeration amount (μL/day) of 10 μL/day or more to 60 μL/day or less at a temperature of 40° C. The aqueous ink contains a coloring material and a first water-soluble organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 34.0 or less at a temperature of 25° C.

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