# US 2013/0155162 A1 · Printing method and printing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155162 A1 - Document ID: US20130155162A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/770,621 - Filed: 2013-02-19 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-09-24 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Inventors: Shuichi OHTSUKA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155162A1 ## CPC - B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)} - B41J 2/2114: {Ejecting specialized liquids, e.g. transparent or processing liquids (B41J2/211 takes precedence)} - B41J 3/4078: {Printing on textile} - B41J 11/002: {Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating} - B41M 5/0017: {Application of ink-fixing material, e.g. mordant, precipitating agent, on the substrate prior to printing, e.g. by ink-jet printing, coating or spraying} - B41M 5/0047: {by ink-jet printing} - B41M 5/0064: {on plastics, horn, rubber, or other organic polymers} - B41M 7/0081: {using electromagnetic radiation or waves, e.g. ultraviolet radiation, electron beams} - B41M 7/009: {using thermal means, e.g. infrared radiation, heat} - C09D 11/30: Inkjet printing inks - D06B 11/0023: {by spraying or pouring} - D06B 11/0089: {the textile material being a surface} - D06P 1/5242: {Polymers of unsaturated N-containing compounds} - D06P 1/5257: {(Meth)acrylic acid} - D06P 1/5278: {Polyamides; Polyimides; Polylactames; Polyalkyleneimines} - D06P 5/2011: {Application of vibrations, pulses or waves for non-thermic purposes} - D06P 5/30: Ink jet printing - B41M 5/0088: {by ink-jet printing} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) - C09D: COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) - D06B: TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B) - D06P: DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM ## Abstract A printing method comprises supplying a flocculant for promoting aggregation reaction of aggregative material that gels by aggregation to at least a region of a printing medium having a small capillary force, shooting droplets of ink containing the aggregative material by an ink jet method to at least the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force, and fixing the ink that has gelled by the aggregation reaction between the aggregative material and the flocculant onto the printing medium. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A printing method of printing by an ink jet method on a printing medium containing a region where ink is not easily retained due to a small capillary force, the printing method comprising: supplying a flocculant for promoting aggregation reaction of aggregative material that gels by aggregation to at least a region of a printing medium having a small capillary force, shooting droplets of ink containing the aggregative material by an ink jet method to at least the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force, and fixing the ink that has gelled by the aggregation reaction between the aggregative material and the flocculant onto the printing medium. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the flocculant is supplied with its size and amount adjusted so that liquid droplets supplied to the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force do not move from the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The printing method according to claim 2, wherein the flocculant is supplied with its size and amount adjusted by atomization. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the ink containing the aggregative material is supplied so as to gel before the flocculant supplied to the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force moves from the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein a deactivator adapted to deactivate the aggregation reaction between the flocculant and the aggregative material is supplied to a region of the printing medium having a great capillary force before the flocculant is supplied. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the flocculant is supplied only to the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the aggregative material contains an aqueous polymer dispersed in an aggregative material dispersion liquid and is aggregated by the flocculant to increase in viscosity. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the aggregation reaction is caused using the aggregative material containing an anionic surfactant dispersed in an aggregative material dispersion liquid and using an acid as the flocculant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the aggregation reaction is caused using the aggregative material containing an organic cationic polymer dispersed in an aggregative material dispersion liquid and using an anionic surfactant as the flocculant, or the aggregation reaction is caused using the aggregative material containing an organic anionic polymer dispersed in an aggregative material dispersion liquid and using cationic surfactant as the flocculant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force comprises a raised texture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force comprises a polyester-made structure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the printing medium is a nonwoven fabric, where the region having a great capillary force includes a region having a high fiber density. ### Claim 13 A printing device for printing by an ink jet method on a printing medium containing a region where ink is not easily retained due to a small capillary force, the device comprising: a flocculant supplier adapted to supply a flocculant for promoting aggregation reaction of an aggregative material that gels by aggregation to at least a region of the printing medium having a small capillary force, an ink supplier adapted to shoot droplets of ink containing the aggregative material by an ink jet method to at least the region of the printing medium having a small capillary force, and a fixing device adapted to fix the ink that has gelled by the aggregation reaction between the aggregative material and the flocculant onto the printing medium. ### Claim 14 A printing method of printing by an ink jet method on a printing medium having a region that extends from a front surface through to a reverse surface and permits easy penetration of ink by virtue of a great capillary force, the printing method comprising: supplying a flocculant for promoting aggregation reaction of an aggregative material that gels by aggregation to a given region in at least one of a front surface region and a reverse surface region of the printing medium, shooting droplets of ink containing the aggregative material by an ink jet method to the given region, and fixing the ink that has gelled by the aggregation reaction between the aggregative material and the flocculant onto the given region of the printing medium. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The printing method according to claim 14, wherein, after the flocculant is supplied to the front surface region and the reverse surface region of the printing medium, the droplets of the ink containing the aggregative material are shot at the front surface region and the reverse surface region of the printing medium.