Patent ID: 7604339

Claim:
An ink jet recording method comprising recording an image on a recording medium with an ink containing a coloring agent and a liquid composition containing a component for coagulating and/or thickening the ink, wherein the ink and the liquid composition are applied to the recording medium such that the ink and the liquid composition are not in contact with each other on the recording medium immediately after the application and come into contact with each other when a certain period of time has elapsed since the application; wherein the ink is applied to an image area and is not applied to a non-image area, the liquid composition is applied to the non-image area, and the ink or the liquid composition is applied to a boundary portion of the image area or a boundary portion of the non-image area under one of the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) the liquid composition is not applied to the boundary portion of the non-image area; (2) the application amount of the liquid composition in the boundary portion is smaller than that in a portion other than the boundary portion; and (3) the application amount of the ink in the boundary portion is smaller than that in a portion other than the boundary portion, or the application amount of the liquid composition in the boundary portion is smaller than that in a portion other than the boundary portion.