US 12,258,479 B2
Method for printing
Oscar Van Leeuwen, Venlo (NL); Robin X. E. Willemse, Venlo (NL); and Mea A. H. Versleijen, Venlo (NL)
Assigned to CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V., Venlo (NL)
Filed by Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., Venlo (NL)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,986.
Application 17/382,986 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/051875, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19154554 (EP), filed on Jan. 30, 2019; and application No. 19169334 (EP), filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0348007 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. C09D 11/101 (2014.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/107 (2014.01); C09D 11/38 (2014.01)
CPC C09D 11/101 (2013.01) [B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01); C09D 11/107 (2013.01); C09D 11/38 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
 
1. A radiation-curable ink composition, the radiation-curable ink composition comprising at least a radiation-curable medium, a gelling agent and an amine acrylate oligomer, the amine acrylate oligomer being a reaction product between 2-aminoethanol and a diacrylate, the gelling agent being a condensation product of a first reactant and a second reactant, wherein the first reactant is a compound A comprising at least 3 first functional groups, and wherein the second reactant comprises at least one compound B, wherein the at least one compound B comprises a second functional group, wherein the first functional groups are a first group selected from a hydroxyl functional group and a carboxylic acid functional group and the second functional group is a second group selected from a hydroxyl functional group and a carboxylic acid functional group, wherein the first functional groups are different from the second functional group;
wherein the gelling agent is present in an amount of 0.05 wt % to 4.0 wt % based on the total weight of the radiation-curable ink composition.