Patent ID: 8721034

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 at least one of a compound having the following formula (1): CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 CON(CH 3 ) 2 (1), and 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: 1.4 ≦Dv/Dp≦ 1.7, wherein Dp and Dv respectively represent diameters of a pigment portion and a vehicle portion in an dot image formed by dropping a droplet of the inkjet ink with a volume of 0.5 μl on the recording medium.