Patent ID: 7381756
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording method comprising: (a) providing an ink set with constituents comprising one or more color ink compositions containing a pigment as a coloring agent and a dispersing resin used to disperse the pigment; and one or more clear ink compositions that contain an aqueous polymer and that contain no coloring agent; wherein each of said dispersing resin and said aqueous polymer is such that the 60° specular gloss, according to JIS Z 8741, of recorded images formed by said color ink compositions and/or said clear ink compositions is substantially uniform; and (b) forming printed images on a recording medium by discharging said color ink compositions and said clear ink compositions in said ink set during the same treatment time, wherein the forming comprises adjusting amounts of said clear ink compositions that are discharged in accordance with the ink duty of said color ink compositions, wherein each of the dispersing resin and the aqueous polymer is a salt of styrene-(meth)acrylic acid copolymer and the printed images are formed on the recording medium with a substantially uniform gloss.