An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a water-soluble dye and a polyhydric alcohol with a normal boiling point of 270° C. or above, with the percentage of the polyhydric alcohol being 26.0% by mass or less of the total amount of the ink composition.

An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink composition, an ink encasement in which the ink composition is encased, a recording head that ejects the ink composition, and a carriage configured to move the recording head back and forth. The carriage carries the ink encasement, with the ink encasement integrated with the carriage. The ink encasement has an ink fill port that opens and shuts as a port through which the ink composition is loaded. The ink composition contains a water-soluble dye and a polyhydric alcohol with a normal boiling point of 270° C. or above, with the percentage of the polyhydric alcohol being 26.0% by mass or less of the total amount of the ink composition.

An ink composition according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a volatile solvent; and dispersed in the volatile solvent, a plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles each coordinated to a plurality of organic ligands, wherein a ratio by mass of the semiconductor nanoparticles to the volatile solvent is greater than 1:1. A product according to an embodiment of the present invention comprising: a solid substrate; and arranged on the solid substrate, a dried residue of an ink composition, the dried residue comprising a plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles arranged without an intervening polymer matrix, wherein the a plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles each coordinated to a plurality of organic ligands.

Provided is a method for the production of at least one carrier material provided with a print decoration. The print decoration is applied to the at least one carrier material by means of digital printing. The ink used for digital printing is a water-soluble CRYK ink containing at least one cyan pigment, at least one red pigment from the group of quinacridone pigments, the yellow pigment PY181, and at least one black carbon pigment.

A method for manufacturing a quantum dot layer includes: performing first application of applying, to a position overlapping with a substrate, a first solution including a plurality of particles including a core and a first ligand, a first inorganic precursor, and a first solvent; performing first heating of heating first solution to a first temperature or higher after the performing first application, the first temperature being a higher temperature of a melting point of the first ligand and a boiling point of the first solvent; and performing second heating of heating the first inorganic precursor to a second temperature after the performing first heating, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature and being a temperature, at which the first inorganic precursor epitaxially grows around the core and at which a first shell configured to coat the core is formed to form a plurality of first quantum dots.

An object is to provide a continuous inkjet ink composition that has excellent storage stability and anticorrosion effect on a metal member, and that allows printing with good image quality. As a solution, a continuous inkjet ink composition is provided that includes a pigment, a resin, a metal salt of thiocyanic acid at 0.05 to 1.7% by mass in the composition, and tetraalkylammonium hexafluorophosphate at 0.05 to 2.7% by mass in the composition.

An object is to provide a continuous inkjet ink composition that has excellent storage stability and anticorrosion effect on a metal member, and that allows printing with good image quality. As a solution, a continuous inkjet ink composition is provided that includes a pigment, a resin, a metal salt of thiocyanic acid at 0.05 to 1.7% by mass in the composition, and tetraalkylammonium hexafluorophosphate at 0.05 to 2.7% by mass in the composition.

The infrared-absorbing UV ink according to the present invention contains a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment, a solvent, an acrylic resin that is soluble to the solvent, a UV-curable acrylic monomer, and a photocuring agent.

The infrared-absorbing UV ink according to the present invention contains a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment, a solvent, an acrylic resin that is soluble to the solvent, a UV-curable acrylic monomer, and a photocuring agent.

The present invention provides an aqueous pigment concentrate comprising one or more pigments, wherein the total pigment concentration in the aqueous pigment concentrate is from 5 to 40 wt. %, one or more pigment dispersing agents, wherein the total pigment dispersing agent concentration in the aqueous pigment concentrate is from 0.5 to 5 wt. %, one or more non-ionic surfactants with a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value of at least (12), wherein the total concentration of non-ionic surfactants with an HLB value of at least (12) in the aqueous pigment concentrate is from 0.1 to 10 wt. %, and water as balance. Also provided is an aqueous ink comprising the aqueous pigment concentrate as well as a use thereof for inkjet printing, preferably on a corrugated board or on a liner for the production of corrugated board.