A method of textile printing can include ejecting an ink composition onto a fabric substrate and ejecting a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinker onto the fabric substrate. The ink composition can include from 60 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, from 1 wt % to 6 wt % pigment, and from 2 wt % to 10 wt % dispersed polymer binder. The method can also include crosslinking the dispersed polymer binder with a deblocked polyisocyanate crosslinker on the fabric substrate.

A method of textile printing can include ejecting an ink composition onto a fabric substrate and ejecting a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinker onto the fabric substrate. The ink composition can include from 60 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, from 1 wt % to 6 wt % pigment, and from 2 wt % to 10 wt % dispersed polymer binder. The method can also include crosslinking the dispersed polymer binder with a deblocked polyisocyanate crosslinker on the fabric substrate.

An article comprising a heater that comprises a high-resistance magnification (HRM) PTC ink deposited on a flexible substrate to form one or more resistors. The HRM PTC ink has a resistance magnification of at least 20 in a temperature range of at least 20 degrees Celsius above a switching temperature of the ink, the resistance magnification being defined as a ratio between a resistance of the double-resin ink at a temperature ‘T’ and a resistance of the double-resin ink at 25 degrees Celsius.

Disclosed is an ink composition having excellent storage stability and capable of printing printed material having excellent metal tone. This active energy ray curable ink composition includes at least a scaly metal pigment, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. The scaly metal pigment has a 50% volume average diameter of at least 0.05 μm and less than 0.5 μm, an average thickness of at least 5.0 nm and less than 50.0 nm, and a non-reactive solvent content of 0.01%-5.00% by mass.

Provided is an image recording method including applying an ink containing water, a resin X, and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature Td and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature Tr, in which σ.sub.total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm.sup.2 or less. E(Td) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature T.sub.d, ε(T.sub.d) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, α.sub.r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and α.sub.s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.

σ.sub.total=|σ.sub.dry+σ.sub.cool|  Equation (1)

σ.sub.dry=E(T.sub.d)ε(T.sub.d)  Equation (2)

σ.sub.cool=∫E.sub.T.sub.r.sup.T.sup.d(T)(α.sub.r(T)−α.sub.s(T))dT  Equation (3)

Provided is an image recording method including applying a pretreatment liquid containing water and a resin X and an ink containing water and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature T.sub.d and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature T.sub.r, in which σ.sub.total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm.sup.2 or less. E(T.sub.d) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature T.sub.d, ε(T.sub.d) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, α.sub.r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and α.sub.s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}{\sigma }_{\mathrm{total}}=.Math.{\sigma }_{\mathrm{dry}}+{\sigma }_{\mathrm{cool}}.Math.& \mathrm{Equation}\left(1\right)\\ {\sigma }_{\mathrm{dry}}=E\left(T_d\right)\mathrm{.Math.}\left(T_d\right)& \mathrm{Equation}\left(2\right)\\ {\sigma }_{\mathrm{cool}}={\int }_{T_r}^{T_d}E\left(T\right)\left({\alpha }_r\left(T\right)-{\alpha }_s\left(T\right)\right)\end{array}$

Provided is an image recording method including applying a pretreatment liquid containing water and a resin X and an ink containing water and a colorant onto a resin base material A which has a specific distortion rate and to which a tension is applied, to obtain an image, heating the image to a temperature T.sub.d and drying the image, and cooling the image to a temperature T.sub.r, in which σ.sub.total calculated by Equation (1) is 40 kgf/cm.sup.2 or less. E(T.sub.d) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at the temperature T.sub.d, ε(T.sub.d) represents an expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions, E(T) represents an elastic modulus of the resin X at a temperature T of the image in the cooling, α.sub.r(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin X at the temperature T, and α.sub.s(T) represents a linear expansion coefficient of the resin base material A under specific conditions.

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}{\sigma }_{\mathrm{total}}=.Math.{\sigma }_{\mathrm{dry}}+{\sigma }_{\mathrm{cool}}.Math.& \mathrm{Equation}\left(1\right)\\ {\sigma }_{\mathrm{dry}}=E\left(T_d\right)\mathrm{.Math.}\left(T_d\right)& \mathrm{Equation}\left(2\right)\\ {\sigma }_{\mathrm{cool}}={\int }_{T_r}^{T_d}E\left(T\right)\left({\alpha }_r\left(T\right)-{\alpha }_s\left(T\right)\right)\end{array}$

A composition for extrusion and deposition by a three-dimensional (3D) printer is provided. The composition comprises a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), particulate matter having particles in the range of about 5 nm to about 10 μm in diameter, and a solvent. Uses of the composition for 3D printing microstructures, including multiwall plate devices, are also provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coating composition that imparts excellent substrate adhesion and excellent processability to a cured coating film obtained by curing the coating composition. There is provided a coating composition comprising a base resin (A) and a polyester resin (B), wherein the polyester resin (B) contains a structural unit (b-1) derived from a polybasic acid and a structural unit (b-2) derived from a polyhydric alcohol, the structural unit (b-1) derived from a polyhydric alcohol contains 20 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less of a structural unit derived from hydrogenated bisphenol A, and the polyester resin (B) has a number average molecular weight of 500 to 4,500 and an acid value of 5 to 300.

An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains an organic solvent with an SP value of 9.5 to 10.5, resin particles, a plasticizer, and water. With respect to the amount of the aqueous ink jet ink composition, 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass of the organic solvent is contained.