Patent ID: 7938527

Claim:
An ink jet recording method comprising: performing image recording on a recording medium to obtain an ink adhesion quantity of 15 g/m 2 or less of an ink containing at least a colorant, the recording medium having at least one coating layer on at least one surface of a substrate including cellulose pulp; and dry-to-touch drying the recorded image and bringing a heat source into direct contact with the recording medium for image fixing, wherein the recording medium is formed such that a transfer quantity of pure water into the recording medium in a contact interval of 100 ms that is measured with a dynamic scanning liquid absorptometer is 1 mL/m 2 or more to 30 mL/m 2 or less and a transfer quantity of pure water into the recording medium in a contact interval of 400 ms is 2 mL/m 2 or more to 35 mL/m 2 or less, and wherein the ink further includes water and a wetting agent.