A graft polyurethane copolymer dispersion can include dispersed polyurethane particles including a graft polyurethane copolymer. The graft polyurethane copolymer in this example includes a polyurethane backbone, a graft side-chain polymer attached to the polyurethane backbone, sulfonic acid groups, and isocyanate-generated amines. The graft side-chain polymer can include a poly(meth)acrylic moieties with C1 to C12 alkyl pendant groups, polyalkylene oxide pendant groups, or a combination thereof.

A graft polyurethane copolymer dispersion can include dispersed polyurethane particles including a graft polyurethane copolymer. The graft polyurethane copolymer in this example includes a polyurethane backbone, a graft side-chain polymer attached to the polyurethane backbone, sulfonic acid groups, and isocyanate-generated amines. The graft side-chain polymer can include a poly(meth)acrylic moieties with C1 to C12 alkyl pendant groups, polyalkylene oxide pendant groups, or a combination thereof.

An aqueous energy curable inkjet ink that includes (A) an emulsified water-insoluble photopolymerizable compound, (B) a resin, which may be (B1) a photopolymerizable resin or (B2) a non-photopolymerizable resin, (C) a polyether macromer-modified poly(meth)acrylate, and (D) at least 25 wt. % water, based on a total weight of the aqueous energy curable inkjet ink. A printed article including the aqueous energy curable inkjet ink in dried and cured form, and a method of forming a printed image with an inkjet printhead are also provided.

An aqueous energy curable inkjet ink that includes (A) an emulsified water-insoluble photopolymerizable compound, (B) a resin, which may be (B1) a photopolymerizable resin or (B2) a non-photopolymerizable resin, (C) a polyether macromer-modified poly(meth)acrylate, and (D) at least 25 wt. % water, based on a total weight of the aqueous energy curable inkjet ink. A printed article including the aqueous energy curable inkjet ink in dried and cured form, and a method of forming a printed image with an inkjet printhead are also provided.

A printing method for printing a printing medium whose printed side will be laminated after being printed. The printing method includes a non-white ink application step of applying an aqueous non-white ink composition containing a non-white coloring material onto the printing medium, a white ink application step of applying an aqueous white ink composition containing a white coloring material onto the non-white ink composition on the printing medium, and a clear ink application step of applying a clear ink composition containing a resin onto the white ink composition on the printing medium.

An ink jet ink set includes a plurality of inks to be ejected by an ink jet method. The ink set includes a first ink containing metal particles, and a second ink containing a coloring agent selected from materials other than metal. The surface tension of the first ink is lower than that of the second ink.

The present invention refers to a method for additive manufacturing a silicone elastomer article using a 3D printer selected from an extrusion 3D printer and a 3D jetting printer, in which a soluble support material composition V is used, which comprises: (A) at least one polyorganosiloxane, (B) at least one polyether or polymer containing polyether moiety, (C) silica; to a silicone elastomer article obtainable by the method of present invention; and to the use of a support material composition V for 3D printing a support, preferably by extrusion.

The present invention refers to a method for additive manufacturing a silicone elastomer article using a 3D printer selected from an extrusion 3D printer and a 3D jetting printer, in which a soluble support material composition V is used, which comprises: (A) at least one polyorganosiloxane, (B) at least one polyether or polymer containing polyether moiety, (C) silica; to a silicone elastomer article obtainable by the method of present invention; and to the use of a support material composition V for 3D printing a support, preferably by extrusion.

Provided is an ink set for security image recording comprising an infrared-absorbing ink jet ink which contains a polymerizable compound and an infrared absorbing dye and in which a maximum value of an absorbance in a wavelength range of 750 nm to 1,000 nm is larger than a maximum value of an absorbance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 750 nm, and color ink jet inks which each contain a polymerizable compound and a colored colorant and satisfy a ratio of a maximum value of an absorbance of each of the color ink jet inks in a wavelength range of 750 nm to 1,000 nm to the maximum value of the absorbance of the infrared-absorbing ink jet ink in a wavelength range of 750 nm to 1,000 nm of 0.10 or less. Also provided are applications of the ink set.

An aqueous ink contains a titanium oxide particle, poly(acrylic acid) and potassium ions, in which the titanium oxide particle contains titanium oxide, at least part of the surface of the titanium oxide is covered with alumina and silica, and the poly(acrylic acid) content is 0.05 times or more to 0.40 times or less the alumina content in terms of a mass ratio.