Patent ID: 11549028

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an ink-jet printing method of overprinting a first ink and a second ink on a low-liquid absorbing printing medium, in which the first ink and the second ink are respectively in the form of a water-based ink containing a colorant (A), a polymer (B), an organic solvent (C) and water, and satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2), said ink-jet printing method including the steps of forming characters or images using at least one ink as the first ink, and then forming a background image using the second ink such that the background image is superimposed on at least a part of the characters or images formed by the first ink: [T2−T1]<0 mN/m (1); and [V2−V1]≥1.0 mPa·s (2) wherein T2 is the static surface tension of the second ink; T1 is the static surface tension of the first ink; V2 is the viscosity of the second ink as measured at 32° C.; and V1 is the viscosity of the first ink as measured at 32° C. According to the method of the present invention, it is possible to obtain good printed characters or images that are excellent in uniformity of solid image printing and suffer from less intercolor bleeding.