An ink set includes an inkjet ink and a recording head filling liquid. The inkjet ink contains a pigment, water, and 1,2-alkanediol with a carbon number of at least 7 or 8. The recording head filling liquid contains a specific surfactant, water, and a specific alcohol compound with a carbon number of at least 10 and no greater than 12. The specific surfactant has an HLB value of no greater than 5.0. An amount of content of the specific alcohol compound in the recording head filling liquid is at least 0.1 ppm and no greater than 1.0 ppm.

An ink set includes an inkjet ink and a recording head filling liquid. The inkjet ink contains a pigment, water, and 1,2-alkanediol with a carbon number of at least 7 or 8. The recording head filling liquid contains a specific surfactant, water, and a specific alcohol compound with a carbon number of at least 10 and no greater than 12. The specific surfactant has an HLB value of no greater than 5.0. An amount of content of the specific alcohol compound in the recording head filling liquid is at least 0.1 ppm and no greater than 1.0 ppm.

Provided are scaly composite particles, including an indium layer, and a transparent inorganic layer on at least one surface of the indium layer. The transparent inorganic layer is an inorganic oxide, and has an average thickness of less than 25 nm. The scaly composite particles have a cumulative 50% volume-based particle diameter D.sub.50 of 1 μm or greater but 20 μm or less.

Provided are scaly composite particles, including an indium layer, and a transparent inorganic layer on at least one surface of the indium layer. The transparent inorganic layer is an inorganic oxide, and has an average thickness of less than 25 nm. The scaly composite particles have a cumulative 50% volume-based particle diameter D.sub.50 of 1 μm or greater but 20 μm or less.

A liquid ejecting apparatus, a liquid ejecting method and an ink are provided, so as to appropriately increase the strength of ink after fixing. The liquid ejecting apparatus is configured to eject an ink by an inkjet method, and includes an inkjet head configured to eject the ink. The inkjet head has a nozzle configured to eject the ink. The ink includes a resin particle having a size capable of passing through the nozzle. The resin particle contains a fibrous substance. The fibrous substance is, for example, fibers of cellulose.

A liquid ejecting apparatus, a liquid ejecting method and an ink are provided, so as to appropriately increase the strength of ink after fixing. The liquid ejecting apparatus is configured to eject an ink by an inkjet method, and includes an inkjet head configured to eject the ink. The inkjet head has a nozzle configured to eject the ink. The ink includes a resin particle having a size capable of passing through the nozzle. The resin particle contains a fibrous substance. The fibrous substance is, for example, fibers of cellulose.

Methods for forming latexes are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises adding a monomer emulsion comprising water, a monomer, an acidic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer, a difunctional monomer, a first reactive surfactant, and a chain transfer agent, to a reactive surfactant solution comprising water, a second reactive surfactant, and an initiator, at a feed rate over a period of time so that monomers of the monomer emulsion undergo polymerization reactions to form resin particles in a latex. The reactive surfactant solution does not comprise monomers other than the second reactive surfactant, the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise a resin seed, and the monomer emulsion does not comprise the resin seed. The latex is characterized by a viscosity in a range of from about 10 cP to about 100 cP as measured at a solid content of about 30% and at room temperature. The latexes are also provided.

An ink contains an aqueous medium, coloring particles dispersing in the aqueous medium, and a cross-linking agent having a carbodiimide group. The coloring particles contain a specific vinyl resin and a specific salt compound containing a dye. The specific vinyl resin includes a specific repeating unit derived from a specific monomer having a carboxy group. The specific vinyl resin has an acid value of at least 50 mg KOH/g and no greater than 150 mg KOH/g. The specific vinyl resin has a glass transition point of at least 50° C. and no higher than 80° C. The ink does not contain a free resin dispersing or dissolving in the aqueous medium or has a percentage content of the free resin of greater than 0.00% by mass and no greater than 0.50% by mass.

An ink contains an aqueous medium, coloring particles dispersing in the aqueous medium, and a cross-linking agent having a carbodiimide group. The coloring particles contain a specific vinyl resin and a specific salt compound containing a dye. The specific vinyl resin includes a specific repeating unit derived from a specific monomer having a carboxy group. The specific vinyl resin has an acid value of at least 50 mg KOH/g and no greater than 150 mg KOH/g. The specific vinyl resin has a glass transition point of at least 50° C. and no higher than 80° C. The ink does not contain a free resin dispersing or dissolving in the aqueous medium or has a percentage content of the free resin of greater than 0.00% by mass and no greater than 0.50% by mass.

The photosensitive composition according to the present invention is a photosensitive composition including a semiconductor particle (A), a photopolymerizable compound (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D), in which the photosensitive composition satisfies any one or more of the following (a) to (c): (a) the photosensitive composition further includes a stabilizer (E), and a content of the stabilizer (E) is 8% by mass or more based on the total amount of the photosensitive composition; (b) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a (meth)acrylate compound (C1) having a molecular weight of 180 or less; and (c) the photopolymerizable compound (C) includes a compound (C2) having a vinyl ether group and a (meth)acryloyl group in the same molecule.