Patent ID: 8820906

Claim:
A recording method comprising: ejecting an ink composition from an ink jet recording head such that the ink composition is applied to a recording medium, the ink composition having: a viscosity of 25 mPa·s to 35 mPa·s at 20° C., wherein a, b, and c are 800 or more, 7.4 to 14, and 0.16 to 0.22, respectively, when a cylindrical portion is formed by expanding the ink composition so as to have a free surface parallel to the expanding direction of the ink composition, the rate of change in width of the cylindrical portion with time is measured in the expanding direction thereof, and the rate of change in width of the cylindrical portion with time is fit to a quadratic function given by the following equation: S=−at 2 −bt+c (1) where S is the rate of change in width of the cylindrical portion and t is the time in seconds, wherein: the ink composition contains a vinylcaprolactam and at least one of a monofunctional (meth)acryalate and at least one of a bifunctional (meth)acrylate; the driving frequency F of the ink jet recording head is 1 kHz to 200 kHz; the ink jet recording head includes a nozzle for ejecting the ink composition, the nozzle having a diameter of 1 μm to 50 μm; and droplets of the ink composition applied to the recording medium each have a volume of 0.1 pl to 20 pl.