Patent ID: 8100504
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording method, comprising: flying an inkjet recording ink by applying an impulse to the inkjet recording ink to form an image, wherein the nozzle plate of an inkjet head used in the flying of the inkjet recording ink has an ink repellent layer comprising a silicone resin; and the inkjet recording ink comprises at least a pigment, water, a fluorochemical surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein an angle θ formed between the tangential line passing at the outside edge of the opening of the ink repellent layer and the surface of the nozzle plate is less than 90 degrees, and a curvature radius r of a curve near the opening of the ink repellant layer is greater than the thickness d of portions of the ink repellent layer other than the neighborhood of the opening of the ink repellent layer.