Patent ID: 8783852

Claim:
A transfer inkjet printing method comprising: selectively applying an ink for forming some image using an inkjet device to an intermediate transfer body to form an image; and pressing a recording medium onto the image so that the image should be transferred from the intermediate transfer body to the recording medium to form a transferred image, wherein the intermediate transfer body has E 1 and E 2 satisfying a relation E 1 <E 2 , where E 1 is a compressive elastic modulus of the intermediate transfer body measured in a direction parallel to a direction of a pressure generated while the recording medium is pressed onto the intermediate transfer body, and E 2 is a compressive elastic modulus of the intermediate transfer body measured in a direction perpendicular to a direction of a pressure generated while the recording medium is pressed onto the intermediate transfer body and parallel to a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, and wherein E 1×1.5< E 2, 10(MPa)≦ E 1≦30(MPa); and 10(MPa)≦ E 2≦40(MPa).