Patent ID: 8435339

Claim:
An ink set comprising: at least two aqueous inks A and B having different colors, wherein the ink A comprises a water-dispersible colorant A1 free of a surfactant-based dispersant, and an anionic compound A2, wherein the ink B comprises a water-dispersible colorant B1 comprising a surfactant-based dispersant, and wherein at least one ink selected from the group consisting of ink A and ink B further comprises: a water-dispersible resin, a wetting agent, a penetrating agent, and water, wherein a total amount of the water-dispersible colorant and the water-dispersible resin in the ink is 12% by mass to 40% by mass on a solid basis, an amount of the wetting agent in the ink is 20% by mass to 35% by mass, and a ratio of a solid content R of the water-dispersible resin to a solid content P of a pigment in the water-dispersible colorant, R/P, is 0.5 to 8.