An aqueous pigment dispersion includes at least one dispersing agent having the general formula: ##STR00001## The aqueous pigment dispersion can be used in an aqueous inkjet ink which is useful for printing on textile fabrics.

An active energy ray curable inkjet ink comprising a pigment (A), a colorant derivative (B), a pigment dispersing resin (C) and a polymerizable compound (D), wherein the pigment (A) contains a C.I. pigment blue 15:6 and a quinacridone-based pigment at a specific amount and a specific ratio, the colorant derivative (B) contains a quinacridone-based pigment derivative, and the pigment dispersing resin (C) has an acid value and an amine value in a specific range.

The aqueous pigment dispersion for IJ inks has excellent dispersion quality as well as high color strength and light fastness and is particularly suited for use as an U aqueous pigment ink. It includes C.I. Pigment Yellow 180, a block copolymer having an acid value of 10 or more and 20 or less and an amine value of 20 or less, and water. The present invention also provides C.I. Pigment Yellow 180 having an aspect ratio of 1.0 to 2.0, a primary particle shorter diameter of 30 to 100 nm, and a crystallite size of 15.0 nm or more as calculated from the Scherrer equation based on the full width at half maximum of a peak A indicated by a maximum diffraction intensity at a diffraction angle 2θ=6.7±0.50 in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern of diffraction intensities versus 2θ measured using CuKα radiation.

A film-printable UV-curable ink composition, a method for forming a bezel pattern using the same, a bezel pattern, and a display substrate comprising the bezel pattern are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the ink composition includes a black pigment, a dispersant, an alicyclic epoxy compound, an oxetane compound, an acrylic or silicone surfactant, an organic solvent having a boiling point of 200° C. or more, a photosensitizer, a photopolymerization initiator and an adhesion promoter, wherein a weight ratio of the epoxy compound to the oxetane compound is 1:3 to 1:5. The bezel pattern produced by the ink composition is thin and yet has excellent light-shielding properties so as to prevent a panel pattern of a foldable display, such as a mobile device, from being visible and light leakage from occurring.

A film-printable UV-curable ink composition, a method for forming a bezel pattern using the same, a bezel pattern, and a display substrate comprising the bezel pattern are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the ink composition includes a black pigment, a dispersant, an alicyclic epoxy compound, an oxetane compound, an acrylic or silicone surfactant, an organic solvent having a boiling point of 200° C. or more, a photosensitizer, a photopolymerization initiator and an adhesion promoter, wherein a weight ratio of the epoxy compound to the oxetane compound is 1:3 to 1:5. The bezel pattern produced by the ink composition is thin and yet has excellent light-shielding properties so as to prevent a panel pattern of a foldable display, such as a mobile device, from being visible and light leakage from occurring.

An ink that contains a water-insoluble colorant, an oxidized polyethylene wax, a compound that is represented by formula (1) or formula (2) and has an HLB value of 7.5-20.0, and water; an inkjet printing method that uses the ink; and a printing medium to which the ink is adhered. In the formulas, R.sup.1-R.sup.3 are each independently a linear or branched C7-C40 hydrocarbon group, EO is an ethyleneoxy group, and PO is a propyleneoxy group. m1 and m2 are average values and are 1-300, and n1 and n2 are average values and are 0-10.

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An ink that contains a water-insoluble colorant, an oxidized polyethylene wax, a compound that is represented by formula (1) or formula (2) and has an HLB value of 7.5-20.0, and water; an inkjet printing method that uses the ink; and a printing medium to which the ink is adhered. In the formulas, R.sup.1-R.sup.3 are each independently a linear or branched C7-C40 hydrocarbon group, EO is an ethyleneoxy group, and PO is a propyleneoxy group. m1 and m2 are average values and are 1-300, and n1 and n2 are average values and are 0-10.

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Provided are an ink set including a colored ink containing a colored pigment which is at least one of a chromatic pigment or a black pigment, a pigment dispersant, and water, and a white ink containing a white pigment, a pigment dispersant, and water, in which the pigment dispersants respectively contained in the colored ink and the white ink contain a polymer having a crosslinked structure or a block polymer, and an image recording method.

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.

There are disclosed aqueous pigment dispersions containing dispersant-improving-agents, and methods of preparing and using the same.