Patent ID: 9440430
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B41J,B41M,C09D

Claim Text:
1. An image recording method comprising: applying a liquid composition to an intermediate transfer body; recording an intermediate image by applying an ink by an inkjet method to the intermediate transfer body after the liquid composition has been applied, and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate image, wherein the liquid composition contains a reacting agent to cause at least one of precipitation and agglomeration of a component of the ink, wherein the ink contains water, and a content (mass %) of the water is 50.0 mass % or more and 95.0 mass % or less relative to a total mass of the ink, and wherein the ink contains a coloring material and polymer fine particles which are a mixture of a crystalline polymer and an amorphous polymer, and in transferring the intermediate image, the intermediate image is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline polymer and equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the amorphous polymer.