Patent ID: 8888269

Claim:
An inkjet recording method comprising: ejecting an inkjet ink toward a recording medium to form an ink image on the recording medium, wherein the inkjet ink includes a pigment, water, a surfactant, and a compound having the following formula (1): CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 CON(CH 3 ) 2 (1), and the inkjet ink optionally includes another compound having the following formula (2): CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 CON(CH 3 ) 2 (2), and wherein the inkjet recording method satisfies the following relation: 16≦γ cos θ≦26, wherein γ represents a surface tension of the inkjet ink in units of mN/m, and θ represents an angle of contact of the inkjet ink with the recording medium in units of degree measured 0.1 seconds after dropping an droplet of the inkjet ink with a volume of 2.5 μl on the recording medium.