Patent ID: 7331649

Claim:
An inkjet recording method comprising the step of: forming a color image with color inks on the recording medium by while scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area of the recording medium, forming a thinned-out image according to an thinning-out pattern without regularity in each scanning, the recording head having a plurality of nozzle sections for jetting the color inks, wherein a nozzle pitch of the recording head is from 10 to 50 μm, the color inks comprise cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks and at least one special color ink, the color inks contain pigments, at least one organic solvent with high boiling point and water, a dot formed by jetting the color inks from the recording head has a size of 10 to 50 μm on the recording medium, the recording medium has a transferred amount at 0.04 seconds of absorption time by Bristow method of 10 ml/m 2 or more, and the recording medium comprises a micro-porous layer containing inorganic fine particles having a mean particle size of 15 to 100 nm and a hydrophilic binder.