Patent ID: 8518169

Claim:
An inkjet recording method, comprising: preparing an ink set; and printing by ejecting droplets of ink composition and forming an image on a recording medium, the image being formed utilizing the ink set comprising: an ink composition containing a metallic pigment; and at least one or more ink compositions selected from a group consisting of a black ink composition containing black pigment and a white ink composition containing white pigment, wherein printing is performed by ejecting the ink composition containing the metallic pigment, and then printing is performed by ejecting the black ink composition or the white ink composition, and wherein images having measured values of no less than 200, 200, and 100 respectively, for the degree of minor surface gloss measured at 20° , 60° , and 85° as defined by JIS Z 8741 can be formed when said ink composition containing the metallic pigment is ejected on the recording medium.