Patent ID: 8807731

Claim:
An image recording method, comprising: (i) adding a curable pre-treatment agent comprising a curable non-colored material to a surface of a recording medium, (ii) discharging at least one curable inkjet ink to the surface of the recording medium to form an image, (iii) curing the at least one curable inkjet ink by irradiation with at least one light irradiation unit at a wavelength that cures the at least one curable inkjet ink but does not cure the curable pre-treatment agent; and (iv) curing the curable pre-treatment agent by irradiation with a light irradiation unit at a wavelength that cures the curable pre-treatment agent, wherein steps (ii) and (iii) are performed, followed by step (iv), and wherein steps (ii) and (iii) may be performed a plurality of times prior to proceeding to step (iv).