Patent ID: 8157370

Claim:
A method of recording an image by applying an aqueous ink by an inkjet method, comprising: forming a blocking layer on a recording medium, the blocking layer comprising a polymer component and being capable of blocking permeation of a solvent in the aqueous ink into the recording medium; forming a fixation layer on the blocking layer, the fixation layer comprising resin particles and a material that fixes a component in the aqueous ink; and recording an image by applying the aqueous ink onto the fixation layer by an inkjet method, the aqueous ink comprising a pigment, resin particles, water-soluble organic solvent and water, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polymer component in the blocking layer (Tgb), the glass transition temperature of the resin particles in the aqueous ink (Tgi) and the glass transition temperature of the resin particles in the fixation layer (Tgc) satisfy the relationship of Tgb<Tgi<Tgc.