Patent ID: 8474967

Claim:
An ink jet recording process comprising: heating a recording medium of a polyvinyl chloride film to a temperature range of 40 to 60° C. and discharging droplets of an aqueous ink composition with an ink jet recording apparatus; and heating the recording medium to a temperature range of 40 to 60° C. to dry the aqueous ink composition discharged on the recording medium, wherein the aqueous ink composition contains: water; at least one kind of water-insoluble coloring agent; water-insoluble thermoplastic resin particles; a surfactant; a first solvent composed of at least one selected from 2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-dimethyl-imidazolidinone, and N,N′-dimethylpropylene urea; a second solvent composed of at least one selected from 1,2-hexanediol and 1,2-pentanediol; and a third solvent composed of at least one selected from glycol diethers having a boiling point of 150 to 220° C., and the content (W1) of the first solvent in the aqueous ink composition is 4 to 15 mass %; the content (W2) of the second solvent in the aqueous ink composition is 3 to 8 mass %; the total content (W1+W2) of the first solvent and the second solvent is 18 mass % or less; and the content (W3) of the third solvent in the aqueous ink composition is 4 to 20 mass %.