Patent ID: 7654662

Claim:
An ink jet printing method for printing an image on a print medium, said method comprising: performing one printing mode selected from a plurality of printing modes including (i) a first printing mode for printing an image on a glossy paper by applying an ink containing a pigment and a coagulation inhibiting liquid for inhibiting a coagulation of the pigment contained in the ink without applying a reaction liquid for coagulating the pigment contained in the ink and (ii) a second printing mode for printing an image on a plain paper by applying the ink and the reaction liquid without applying the coagulation inhibiting liquid, wherein in the first printing mode, the coagulation inhibiting liquid is applied to at least a part of an area on the glossy paper where the ink is to be applied, and in the second printing mode, the reaction liquid is applied to at least a part of an area on the plain paper where the ink is to be applied.