A printable recording media containing a substrate and an ink receiving layer including an aqueous mixture of about 50 to about 99 wt % of an UV curable polyurethane dispersion and about 1 to about 50 wt % of a photo-initiator by total dry weight of said ink receiving layer. Also disclosed herein a method for making the printable recording media.

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a decorative building board, including: ejecting active ray-curable ink from an ink jet recording head onto a building board that includes a base material selected from a metallic base material and a ceramic base material and an ink receiving layer arranged on the base material, the ink receiving layer being obtained by curing a resin composition and having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) specified under JIS B 0601:2001 of from 0.4 m to 3 m, to thereby perform printing on the ink receiving layer; and irradiating the active ray-curable ink with an active ray from 2.2 seconds to 30 seconds after the active ray-curable ink lands on the ink receiving layer.

A conductive ink functional material and a preparation method thereof. The conductive ink functional material is a surface-functionalized metal nanoparticle, and the surface of the metal nanoparticle is bonded to a molecule containing an electronic medium by a covalent bond. A functionalized conductive ink and a preparation method thereof. The ink is prepared from the conductive ink functional material.

A layer formation method includes: an application step of applying or ejecting, onto a substrate, an aqueous composition containing water and a polymerizable compound that is soluble in water and that undergoes a polymerization reaction due to irradiation with an electron beam; and a drying step of drying the aqueous composition applied or ejected onto the substrate, in which the aqueous composition is free of a photopolymerization initiator excitable by ultraviolet light, and a coating layer, which is peelable from the substrate, is formed on the substrate using the aqueous composition.

Provided are pre-coat formulations, ink formulations, ink systems and printing methods for patterning a surface with a desired pattern.

Ink compositions are disclosed that can be applied to, and resin components thereof adhered onto, a variety of substrates. Particular compositions utilize electromagnetic susceptor particles that, upon being subjected to electromagnetic energy of the appropriate wavelength (e.g., radiofrequency (RF) energy or microwave energy), heat thermoplastic resin particles of the composition cause localized heating. This can, in turn, result in melting and consolidation of thermoplastic resin particles onto a substrate. Direct heating may also be used to cause consolidation. Other compositions, comprising thermosetting resin particles, can be cured onto a substrate by exposure to actinic radiation, heat, moisture, or a combination of these. The ink compositions can be applied according to a variety of possible methods, including inkjet printing, intaglio printing, silk screen printing, stencil printing, painting, etc. Further flexibility resides in the possible use of a transfer medium (e.g., transfer film) onto which the ink composition is printed, for indirect application to the substrate.

Provided are pre-coat formulations, ink formulations, ink systems and printing methods for patterning a surface with a desired pattern.