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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a photocurable ink composition for ink-jet printing, which exhibits excellent curing properties in response to light from light emitting diodes (LEDs), is adhered well to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as tarpaulin or a vinyl chloride resin sheet, can sufficiently reduce cockling, has a low viscosity but a high flash point, and can achieve both of good jetability at a normal temperature and good safety properties owing to these properties.The ink composition for ink-jet printing includes at least: photopolymerizable compounds; a photopolymerization initiator; and a sensitizer, and has a flash point of higher than 60° C. when measured with a SETA closed-cup flash point tester by a method in accordance with JIS K2256. The photopolymerizable compounds include 2-methoxyethyl acrylate and/or 2-ethoxyethyl acrylate, and N-vinyl caprolactam, and an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in the molecule. The total amount of 2-methoxyethyl acrylate and/or 2-ethoxyethyl acrylate is 20 to 50% by mass of the photocurable ink composition for ink-jet printing. The photopolymerization initiator includes a compound that comes to function as an initiator in response to light having a wavelength of 450 to 300 nm. The sensitizer includes a compound that comes to function as a sensitizer in response to light having a wavelength of 400 nm or longer.

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