A recording method includes an adhesion step of ejecting an ink composition from an ink jet head to be adhered to a recording medium; and a primary heating step of heating the adhered ink composition, and the adhesion step includes at least one main scanning in which while a relative position of the ink jet head and the recording medium is changed in a main scanning direction, the ink composition is adhered to the recording medium and at least one sub-scanning in which the relative position of the ink jet head and the recording medium is changed in a sub-scanning direction. In the recording method described above, the number of the main scannings performed on the same recording region of the recording medium is 5 or less, the ink composition is a water-based ink containing a pigment, a resin, and an organic solvent, and in a chart of logarithmic attenuation with temperature obtained by measurement of the ink composition using a rigid-body pendulum characteristics test, the ink composition has a temperature of a first thickening peak of 30° C. to 65° C. and a temperature of a maximum thickening peak of 70° C. or more.

A recording method includes an adhesion step of ejecting an ink composition from an ink jet head to be adhered to a recording medium; and a primary heating step of heating the adhered ink composition, and the adhesion step includes at least one main scanning in which while a relative position of the ink jet head and the recording medium is changed in a main scanning direction, the ink composition is adhered to the recording medium and at least one sub-scanning in which the relative position of the ink jet head and the recording medium is changed in a sub-scanning direction. In the recording method described above, the number of the main scannings performed on the same recording region of the recording medium is 5 or less, the ink composition is a water-based ink containing a pigment, a resin, and an organic solvent, and in a chart of logarithmic attenuation with temperature obtained by measurement of the ink composition using a rigid-body pendulum characteristics test, the ink composition has a temperature of a first thickening peak of 30° C. to 65° C. and a temperature of a maximum thickening peak of 70° C. or more.

An aqueous ink-jet ink composition according to the present disclosure contains pigment, water, resin particles, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, and trimethylglycine. The mass-based content of the resin particles is lower than the mass-based content of the pigment.

An aqueous ink-jet ink composition according to the present disclosure contains pigment, water, resin particles, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, and trimethylglycine. The mass-based content of the resin particles is lower than the mass-based content of the pigment.

An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a color material, water, a polyhydric alcohol having a standard boiling point of 270.0° C. or more, and 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone. The mass ratio of the content of the polyhydric alcohol to that of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone is 3.1 or more and 7.0 or less.

An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a color material, water, a polyhydric alcohol having a standard boiling point of 270.0° C. or more, and 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone. The mass ratio of the content of the polyhydric alcohol to that of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone is 3.1 or more and 7.0 or less.

The present invention provides a water-based ink comprising nanopigment micelles, said nanopigment micelles comprising a pigment particle and a polymeric dispersing agent around said pigment particle, whereby said pigment particles have an average particle size between 100 nm and 250 nm. The invention also relates to a printed textile and a dyeing and printing process using said water-based ink.

The present invention provides a water-based ink comprising nanopigment micelles, said nanopigment micelles comprising a pigment particle and a polymeric dispersing agent around said pigment particle, whereby said pigment particles have an average particle size between 100 nm and 250 nm. The invention also relates to a printed textile and a dyeing and printing process using said water-based ink.

The present invention relates to a formulation containing at least one organic functional material and at least two different solvents, a first organic solvent A and a second organic solvent B, wherein the first organic solvent A comprises a group, which is capable of receiving or giving a hydrogen bonding, and wherein the second organic solvent B has a boiling point in the range from 150 to 350° C. and the solubility of the at least one organic functional material in the second organic solvent is ≥5 g/l.

The present invention relates to a formulation containing at least one organic functional material and at least two different solvents, a first organic solvent A and a second organic solvent B, wherein the first organic solvent A comprises a group, which is capable of receiving or giving a hydrogen bonding, and wherein the second organic solvent B has a boiling point in the range from 150 to 350° C. and the solubility of the at least one organic functional material in the second organic solvent is ≥5 g/l.