Patent ID: 7862163

Claim:
An image forming method for forming a desired image on a recording medium, the method comprising the steps of: applying a first liquid on the recording medium, the first liquid containing no coloring material and having a dynamic surface tension at a surface age of 0.1 seconds measured at 25Â° C. of Î³ 1 (0.1 s); and depositing droplets of a second liquid on a region of the recording medium where the first liquid has a form of a liquid film having a thickness allowing the deposited droplets of the second liquid to submerge in the liquid film of the first liquid, the second liquid containing coloring material and having a dynamic surface tension at a surface age of 0.1 seconds measured at 25Â° C. of Î³ 2 (0.1 s) that is greater than Î³ 1 (0.1 s).