CPC C09D 11/40 (2013.01) [C09D 11/322 (2013.01); C09D 11/54 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A recording method, comprising:
providing an ink set including a reaction liquid containing coagulant, a first ink containing a first color material, and a second ink containing a second color material;
imparting the reaction liquid of the ink set to a recording medium being a non-absorptive recording medium or a low-absorptive recording medium;
imparting the first ink of the ink set to the area to which the reaction liquid is imparted;
imparting the second ink of the ink set to the area to which the first ink is imparted; and
transporting the recording medium to a downstream side of a feeding direction,
wherein one of the first ink and the second ink is a white ink containing a white color material as the first color material or a metallic ink containing a metallic color material as the first color material, and the other of the first ink and the second ink is a yellow ink, a magenta ink, or a cyan ink containing the second color material or a black ink containing a black color material as the second color material,
the first ink and the second ink are water-based inks,
the reaction liquid includes water and is water-based, the coagulant contains at least one of a polyvalent metal salt, an organic acid, and a cationic resin, and the polyvalent metal salt, the organic acid, and the cationic resin are soluble in water and dissolve in the water of the reaction liquid,
the imparting of the reaction liquid is conducted by ink jet to discharge the reaction liquid from a first head,
the imparting of the first ink and the second ink are each conducted by ink jet to discharge the first ink and the second ink from second and third heads, respectively, and
the first head discharging the reaction liquid, the second head discharging the first ink, and the third head discharging the second ink are disposed from an upstream side to the downstream side of the feeding direction in this order.
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