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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2005
Yasuhiro Nito, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Hakamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Koromo Shirota, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Shinjo, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Kurabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Tsujimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Nito, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Hakamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Koromo Shirota, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Shinjo, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Kurabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Tsujimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To suppress curling phenomenon of a recording medium to which a liquid composition is applied while securing ejection stability. A liquid composition for used in an image recording method including the steps of applying an ink containing a colorant in a dissolved state or a dispersed state to a recording medium and applying to the recording medium a liquid composition which destabilizes the dissolved state or the dispersed state of the colorant in the ink by coming into contact with the ink, the liquid composition including at least a polyvalent metal ion, water, and water-soluble organic compounds 1 and 2, in which a content X (mass %) of the water-soluble organic compound 1 in the liquid composition is 15 mass % or more, and the content X (mass %) of the water-soluble organic compound 1 in the liquid composition and a content Y (mass %) of the water-soluble organic compound 2 in the liquid composition satisfy a specific relationship.