Patent ID: 9457607
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B41J,B41M

Claim Text:
1. An image forming method, comprising: a first primer layer forming process to form a first primer layer by way of discharging a first ink, which is a photo-curable ink, onto a recording medium in such a way as to make a perforated coat, and hardening the first ink by light irradiation; a second primer layer forming process to form a second primer layer by way of discharging a second ink onto the recording medium on which the first primer layer is already formed; and a color ink layer forming process to form a color ink layer by way of discharging a color ink onto the second primer layer, wherein the perforated coat is formed in a perforated state, which is a condition where a density of droplets of the first ink discharged on the recording medium becomes heterogeneous, so that smoothness of the first primer layer is not uniform on the recording medium, and wherein a height of each convex portion in the first primer layer is not uniform.