Patent ID: 8871337

Claim:
An intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording comprising: a surface layer; a buffer layer; and a compression layer, wherein the intermediate transfer member is used in a transfer ink jet recording method that includes a step of forming an intermediate image by applying an ink on an image-forming surface of an intermediate transfer member with an ink jet device and a step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium from the image-forming surface by pressing the intermediate image against the recording medium, wherein the surface layer, the buffer layer, and the compression layer are formed in that order from the image-forming surface side, wherein the thickness of the surface layer is 0.01 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less, wherein a compression modulus (E1) of the surface layer is 300 MPa or more and 10000 MPa or less, wherein a compression modulus (E2) of the buffer layer is 0.5 MPa or more and 30.0 MPa or less, and wherein E1, E2, and a compression modulus (E3) of the compression layer satisfy formula (I) below ( E 1/10)> E 2 >E 3 Formula (1).