Patent ID: 9120932
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording method in which an image is recorded on a recording medium using an ink set consisting of a reactive solution and first and second color ink compositions, wherein the reactive solution contains a polyvalent metal salt and a polyol, the first color ink at least contains a coloring material, a sparingly water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol, a surfactant, water, and a hydroxyalkoxyalkanediol selected from the group consisting of 3-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,2-propanediol, 4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,2-butanediol, and 5-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,2-pentanediol, second color ink at least contains a coloring material and water, when the recording medium is plain paper, recording is carried out by adhering only the reactive solution and first color ink to the plain paper recording medium, and when the recording medium is a low-absorbent recording medium, the recording is carried out by adhering only the reactive solution and the second ink to the low absorbent recording medium.