A recording method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a recording method on a fabric, including an ink adhering step of adhering droplets of an ink composition containing a pigment and resin particles to the fabric; and a treatment solution adhering step of adhering droplets of a treatment solution containing a crosslinking agent to the fabric, in which a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the ink composition is 30 ng or less, a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the treatment solution is 30 ng or less, and a droplet weight of the treatment solution is equal to or less than a droplet weight of the ink composition.

A recording method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a recording method on a fabric, including an ink adhering step of adhering droplets of an ink composition containing a pigment and resin particles to the fabric; and a treatment solution adhering step of adhering droplets of a treatment solution containing a crosslinking agent to the fabric, in which a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the ink composition is 30 ng or less, a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the treatment solution is 30 ng or less, and a droplet weight of the treatment solution is equal to or less than a droplet weight of the ink composition.

A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an ink composition including a bright pigment, and glycol monoether A and glycol monoether B that are represented by Formula (1) and have flash points different from each other, in which the glycol ether A has a flash point of 85° C. or lower, the glycol monoether B has a flash point of 95° C. or higher, a total content of the glycol monoether A and the glycol monoether B is in a range of 20% to 60% by mass with respect to a total amount of the ink composition, and the content of the glycol monoether A is greater than the content of the glycol monoether B.

R.sub.1—(O—R.sub.2).sub.n—OH  Formula (1)

(In Formula (1), R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.)

A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an ink composition including a bright pigment, and glycol monoether A and glycol monoether B that are represented by Formula (1) and have flash points different from each other, in which the glycol ether A has a flash point of 85° C. or lower, the glycol monoether B has a flash point of 95° C. or higher, a total content of the glycol monoether A and the glycol monoether B is in a range of 20% to 60% by mass with respect to a total amount of the ink composition, and the content of the glycol monoether A is greater than the content of the glycol monoether B.

R.sub.1—(O—R.sub.2).sub.n—OH  Formula (1)

(In Formula (1), R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.)

A printing ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure is an ink composition which includes an acidic dye; a water-soluble organic solvent; a lactam compound; and water, the acidic dye includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Black 172 and C.I. Acid Black 52:1, a content of the acidic dye with respect to a total mass of the ink composition is 10 percent by mass or more, the water-soluble organic solvent includes a glycol ether compound having a standard boiling point of 195° C. to 290° C., the lactam compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone and ε-caprolactam, and a mass ratio of the lactam compound to the glycol ether compound is 3.5 to 20.

A printing ink jet ink composition of the present disclosure is an ink composition which includes an acidic dye; a water-soluble organic solvent; a lactam compound; and water, the acidic dye includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Acid Black 172 and C.I. Acid Black 52:1, a content of the acidic dye with respect to a total mass of the ink composition is 10 percent by mass or more, the water-soluble organic solvent includes a glycol ether compound having a standard boiling point of 195° C. to 290° C., the lactam compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone and ε-caprolactam, and a mass ratio of the lactam compound to the glycol ether compound is 3.5 to 20.

The present invention relates to effect pigments which are based on flake-form substrates having a circular form factor of 1.2-2 and are coated with at least one high-refractive-index layer, and to the use thereof, inter alia in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and in cosmetic formulations.

The present invention relates to effect pigments which are based on flake-form substrates having a circular form factor of 1.2-2 and are coated with at least one high-refractive-index layer, and to the use thereof, inter alia in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and in cosmetic formulations.

The present invention relates generally to using upconverting inks for producing highly-resolved patterns for inter alia, security applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of sols (inks) and printing processes that produce well-defined printed features consisting of polymers impregnated with luminescent upconversion nanocrystals. The patterns printed using such inks and processes may exhibit defined shapes, characters of text, and various other types of images.

The present invention relates generally to using upconverting inks for producing highly-resolved patterns for inter alia, security applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of sols (inks) and printing processes that produce well-defined printed features consisting of polymers impregnated with luminescent upconversion nanocrystals. The patterns printed using such inks and processes may exhibit defined shapes, characters of text, and various other types of images.