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Color ink jet recording method and apparatus therefor
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1997-12-29
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Granted: 2000-04-18
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Expires: 2017-12-29
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a color ink jet recording method including the step of recording a desired color image on a recording medium on the basis of recording data using a black ink and a plurality of color inks each being different from the black ink in permeating characteristics against the recording medium. In this method, the surface tension is 40 dyn/cm or less for each of the inks; and the blotting factor against plain paper is 2.5 or less for the black ink, and it is in the range of from 2.5 to 3.5 for each of the color inks. Alternatively, the surface tension is 40 dyn/cm or less for each of the inks; and the permeating rate against plain paper is one second or more for the black ink, and it is less than one second for each of the color inks.
Inventors
- 👤 Hitoshi Sugimoto
- 👤 Jiro Moriyama
- 👤 Hiroshi Tajika
- 👤 Toshiharu Inui
- 👤 Kiichiro Takahashi
- 👤 Fumihiro Gotoh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 15:41
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/21; B41J2/2107
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A color ink jet recording method for recording a desired color image on a recording medium, comprising the steps of: providing a black ink and a plurality of color inks having a higher permeability against said recording medium than that of said black ink, wherein each of said black ink and said color inks has a surface tension of 40 dyn/cm or less; the surface tension of said black ink is greater than that of each of said color inks; and each of said black ink and said color inks contains a nonionic surface-active agent comprising acetylene glycol added with ethylene oxide; and performing recording by forming an image on said recording medium, said image having a plurality of recorded regions (a) formed from said black ink and a plurality of recorded regions (b) formed from each of said color inks, wherein said recorded regions (a) and said recorded regions (b) are adjacent to each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A color ink jet recording method for recording a desired color image on a recording medium, comprising the steps of: providing a black ink and a plurality of color inks having a higher permeability against said recording medium than that of said black ink, wherein each of said black ink and said color inks has a surface tension of 40 dyn/cm or less; the surface tension of said black ink is greater than that of each of said color inks; and each of said black ink and said color inks contains a nonionic surface-active agent comprising acetylene glycol added with ethylene oxide; and performing recording by forming an image on said recording medium, said image having a plurality of recorded regions (a) formed from said black ink and a plurality of recorded regions (b) formed from each of said color inks, wherein said recorded regions (a) and said recorded regions (b) are adjacent to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
A color ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein said method is performed using a multi-path recording technique in which said inks of different colors are recorded by scanning a plurality of recording heads each having a plurality of nozzles in a plurality of numbers while being thinned-out recording data so as to be complementary to each other by each scan.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A color ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein a difference in surface tension between said black ink and each of said color inks is not larger than 10 dyn/cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A color ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein said black ink has a blotting factor against plain paper of 2.5 or less, and each of said color inks has a blotting factor against plain paper in a range of from 2.5 to 3.5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A color ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein said black ink has a permeating rate against plain paper of one second or more, and each of said color inks has a permeating rate against plain paper of less than one second.
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