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Provided is a UV curable solid ink in which an image printed on a substrate is self-leveled. A self-leveling curable solid ink comprising a curable wax, one or more monomers, a low molecular weight amide gelling agent, a photoinitiator, and an optional colorant, wherein the low level A molecular weight amide gelling agent is composed of dimer acid and ethylenediamine, and is formed by capping both ends of a polyamide oligomer having both ends of the main chain as carboxyl groups with an aromatic monoalcohol, having a weight average molecular weight of about 800 to about 2, A self-leveling curable solid ink, characterized in that 500 is a polyamide oligomer. [Selection figure] None |