Patent ID: 6261349
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B41J,B41M,C09D

Abstract:
An image recording method for forming an image on a recording material comprising the steps of:applying to a recording material a colorless or light colored image recording acceleration liquid comprising a compound which is capable of making insoluble a coloring agent contained in a recording liquid which comprises said coloring agent and a solvent for dispersing or dissolving said coloring agent, anddepositing said recording liquid imagewise on said recording material by ejecting said recording liquid in the form of droplets onto said recording material, said image recording acceleration liquid further comprising at least one of surfactants represented by any of formulae (1) to (5): ##STR9##wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently an alkyl group having at least 3 carbon atoms, which may be branched; and M.sup.+ is a cation selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal cation, ammonium cation, an alkanolamine cation, a quaternary ammonium cation and a quaternary phosphonium cation, ##STR10##wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently an alkyl group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 5 to 20, ##STR11##wherein R.sup.5 is an alkyl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, which may be branched, and n is an integer of 5 to 20, ##STR12##wherein p and q are each independently an integer of 0 to 20, and ##STR13##wherein R.sup.6 is an alkyl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, which may be branched, and p and q are each independently an integer of 0 to 20.