Patent ID: 8240839
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. An image forming method of forming an image on coated paper for printing by using aqueous ink and treatment liquid, the aqueous ink containing coloring material, the treatment liquid containing a component which reacts with the coloring material, the method comprising: depositing the treatment liquid onto the coated paper; ejecting and depositing droplets of the aqueous ink, in accordance with image information, onto the coated paper on which the treatment liquid has been deposited; drying an ink layer which has been formed on the coated paper by reaction between the deposited treatment liquid and the deposited aqueous ink, such that an amount of water originating from the aqueous ink and still remaining on the coated paper after the ink layer drying is not more than 4.0 g/m fixing the dried ink layer on the coated paper by applying heat and pressure to the ink layer.