Patent ID: 7992989

Claim:
An ink jet recording method comprising: applying an undercoating liquid comprising an oligomer and a surfactant onto a recording medium; partially curing the undercoating liquid that has been applied onto the recording medium; and recording an image by ejecting onto the partially cured undercoating liquid an ink that is curable by irradiation with actinic energy rays, and wherein at least one surfactant contained in the undercoating liquid satisfies the following relation (B): γ s (0)−γ s (saturated)>0 (mN/m), and the surface tension of the undercoating liquid satisfies the following relation (C): γ s <(γs(0)+γ s (saturated) max )/2 wherein, γs represents the value of the surface tension of the undercoating liquid; γs (0) represents the value of the surface tension of a liquid having a composition of the undercoating liquid from which all surfactants are excluded; γs (saturated) represents the value of the surface tension of a liquid, wherein the liquid is obtained by adding one of the surfactants contained in the undercoating liquid to the above “liquid excluding all of the surfactants”, the value being measured when the surface tension reaches a point of saturation as the density of the surfactant is increased; and γs (saturated) max represents the maximum value among the values of γs (saturated) respectively measured for all kinds of the surfactants which are contained in the undercoating liquid that satisfy the above relation (B).