Patent ID: 8591019
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an ink composition comprising a metal pigment and an organic solvent, wherein the ink composition is ejectable from a nozzle of a head of an inkjet printer onto a recording medium and can adhere to the recording medium to form an image with metallic gloss, wherein the recording medium comprises a plastic which does not have an ink reception layer; and (b) forming an image with metallic gloss on the recording medium by printing and heating without photocuring, a process comprising (i) the printing being performed by printing the ink composition onto the recording medium by ejecting droplets of the ink composition from the nozzle of the inkjet printer so that the droplets adhere to the recording medium, and (ii) the heating being performed by heating the recording medium, wherein the heating is performed at least during the printing.