A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces includes the steps of a) inkjet printing a color pattern on a paper substrate with one or more aqueous inkjet inks of an aqueous inkjet ink set; and thereafter b) impregnating the paper substrate with a thermosetting resin, wherein the aqueous inkjet ink set includes a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a copper phthalocyanine pigment; a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Red 254 or a mixed crystal thereof; a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Yellow 151 or a mixed crystal thereof; and a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; with the proviso that the aqueous inkjet inks do not include a polymer latex binder; and that the paper substrate includes one or more ink receiving layers for improving the image quality of the aqueous inkjet inks jetted thereon.

A method for manufacturing decorative surfaces includes the steps of a) inkjet printing a color pattern on a paper substrate with one or more aqueous inkjet inks of an aqueous inkjet ink set; and thereafter b) impregnating the paper substrate with a thermosetting resin, wherein the aqueous inkjet ink set includes a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a copper phthalocyanine pigment; a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Red 254 or a mixed crystal thereof; a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Yellow 151 or a mixed crystal thereof; and a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; with the proviso that the aqueous inkjet inks do not include a polymer latex binder; and that the paper substrate includes one or more ink receiving layers for improving the image quality of the aqueous inkjet inks jetted thereon.

An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound, metal powder, and a liquid component having an alicyclic structure including a hetero atom. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. An amount of the liquid component contained in the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is in the range of 0.05 mass % or more but 7.0 mass % or less. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition.

An ultraviolet ray curable ink composition adapted to be ejected by using an ink jet method is provided. The ultraviolet ray curable ink composition includes a polymerizable compound, metal powder, and a liquid component having an alicyclic structure including a hetero atom. The metal powder is constituted from metal particles subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type silane compound and/or a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester as a surface treatment agent. An amount of the liquid component contained in the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition is in the range of 0.05 mass % or more but 7.0 mass % or less. A printed object is also provided. Such a printed object is produced by using the ultraviolet ray curable ink composition.

An inkset for ink jet textile printing includes a first ink having a pigment and a resin; and a second ink having a pigment, a resin, and an emulsifier, in which the emulsifier includes at least one kind selected from an anionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (1) and a nonionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (2), whose HLB value is 12 or more,
R.sup.1—O—(CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O).sub.n-A  (1), and
R.sup.2—O—(CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O).sub.m—H  (2).

An inkset for ink jet textile printing includes a first ink having a pigment and a resin; and a second ink having a pigment, a resin, and an emulsifier, in which the emulsifier includes at least one kind selected from an anionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (1) and a nonionic emulsifier represented by the following general formula (2), whose HLB value is 12 or more,
R.sup.1—O—(CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O).sub.n-A  (1), and
R.sup.2—O—(CH.sub.2—CH.sub.2—O).sub.m—H  (2).

The present invention relates to a process for producing a water-based ink for ink-jet printing, including the step of dispersing a pigment in a polymer by means of a disperser using dispersing media particles containing a zirconium compound to introduce the solid zirconium compound into the water-based ink, the water-based ink including the pigment-containing polymer particles and the solid zirconium compound, and having a zirconium compound content of not less than 2 ppm and not more than 200 ppm in terms of a concentration of zirconium in the water-based ink.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a water-based ink for ink-jet printing, including the step of dispersing a pigment in a polymer by means of a disperser using dispersing media particles containing a zirconium compound to introduce the solid zirconium compound into the water-based ink, the water-based ink including the pigment-containing polymer particles and the solid zirconium compound, and having a zirconium compound content of not less than 2 ppm and not more than 200 ppm in terms of a concentration of zirconium in the water-based ink.

A non-aqueous ink composition for ink jet recording includes a pigment, a compound represented by General formula 1 below, and a phthalocyanine derivative provided with a polar group not having an amine structure, as a pigment dispersant for dispersing the pigment. The pigment is carbon black. The composition further includes an alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether: ##STR00001##
(wherein R.sup.1 indicates an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently indicate a methyl group or an ethyl group).

The invention provides an inkjet method for producing a solder mask in the manufacture of a Printed Circuit Board. By using a solder mask inkjet ink containing at least one photoinitiator, at least one free radical polymerizable compound and at least one mercapto functionalized carboxylic acid as adhesion promoter, a high quality solder mask withstanding the high thermal stress during the soldering process while maintaining excellent physical properties, may be produced.