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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Atsushi Tomotake, Hino, JP;
Takahiro Matsuzawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kenzo Nakazawa, Sakai, JP;
Miyako Sugihara, Hino, JP;
Atsushi Tomotake, Hino, JP;
Takahiro Matsuzawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kenzo Nakazawa, Sakai, JP;
Miyako Sugihara, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording method includes: generating image data for forming a thinned-out image according to an thinning-out pattern without regularity; and printing a color image with respective inks, by scanning a recording head multiple times on a same recording area and forming the thinned-out image in each scanning, the recording head having a plurality of nozzle sections for jetting inks, wherein the nozzle pitch thereof is from 10 to 50 μm, the respective inks contains pigments, at least one organic solvent with high boiling point and water, a surface tension of the respective inks is from 30 to 50 mN/m, the pigments are dispersed by a polymeric dispersant, a transferred amount at 0.04 sec of time by Bristow method is 10 ml/mor more, and the recording medium has a micro-porous layer containing inorganic fine particles with a mean particle size of 15 to 100 nm and a hydrophilic binder.