Patent ID: 7500745

Claim:
An ink jet recording method for forming an ink jet image on a medium by using a liquid ink comprising: moving said recording medium by a transfer member; spurting the liquid ink to form an ink layer on said recording medium using an ink jet type recording head arranged above said transfer member, the liquid ink including a photo acid generating agent that generates an acid upon irradiation with a light or beam, a coloring component, a solvent that is polymerized in the presence of the acid, the solvent containing at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of a divalent oxetane compound having an aromatic skeleton, an epoxy compound having an alicyclic skeleton, and an oxetane compound having an aliphatic skeleton or an alicyclic skeleton and having a valency of at least two; irradiating the ink layer with the light or beam from a light source so as to generate the acid in the ink layer; and heating the ink layer so as to promote diffusion of the acid and crosslinking reaction of the solvent.