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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 19, 2009
Haruki Saitoh, Miyagi, JP;
Hijiri Ogata, Miyagi, JP;
Haruki Saitoh, Miyagi, JP;
Hijiri Ogata, Miyagi, JP;
Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd., Shibata-gun, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording method including: (i) exposing a surface of a recording medium to non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma so as to hydrophilize the surface of the recording medium, and (ii) applying a stimulus to an ink composition so as to eject the ink composition to form an image on the recording medium, wherein the ink composition contains at least one of a pigment/water-dispersible resin particle mixture in which a pigment is dispersed along with water-dispersible resin particles and colored water-dispersible resin particles each of which is a water-dispersible resin particle which is colored.