Patent ID: 6550909
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B41M,C09D

Abstract:
An ink-jet recording method in which recording is conducted with an ink comprising a pigment component on a recording medium comprising a substrate and a porous layer formed from thermoplastic resin particles provided thereon, said method comprising the steps of:forming an image by ejecting the ink onto the recording medium with a proportion of a) the frequency of the pore diameter of pores of the porous layer that overlaps the particle diameter distribution of the pigment component to b) the frequency of the pore diameter of all pores of the porous layer being from 0.1% to 10%, wherein the pore diameter distribution of the porous layer and the particle diameter distribution of the pigment component are both expressed in terms of frequency distribution; and heat-treating the porous layer after the formation of the image, wherein the pore diameter of all pores of the porous layer is within a range from 10 to 300 nm.