Patent ID: 6206516
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
A recording method by ejecting ink droplets and liquid droplets for rendering insoluble or coagulating coloring material or a component in the ejected ink on a recording material, comprising the steps of:obtaining image data to be printed by ink droplets;obtaining liquid ejection data by thinning image data;ejecting ink onto the recording material on the basis of the image data; andejecting the liquid onto the recording material on the basis of the liquid ejection data such that the liquid and the ink overlap partially each other,wherein one of said ink ejecting step and said liquid ejecting step are carried out after the other;wherein at the time when both said ink ejecting step and said liquid ejecting step are carried out, the number of the ejected ink dots on the recording material by said ink ejecting step is larger than the number of the ejected liquid dots on the recording material by said liquid ejecting step to provide, on the recording material, both a first portion where the liquid and the ink overlap each other and a second portion where the ink is ejected and the liquid and the ink do not overlap each other,where in the liquid droplet spreads after landing on the recording material to come in contact with the ink in the second portion where the liquid and the ink do not overlap each other.