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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Masayuki Ikegami, Atsugi, JP;
Ikuo Nakazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Kuriyama, Atsugi, JP;
Taketoshi Okubo, Asaka, JP;
Atsuhito Yoshizawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Iida, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoji Koike, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Ikegami, Atsugi, JP;
Ikuo Nakazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Kuriyama, Atsugi, JP;
Taketoshi Okubo, Asaka, JP;
Atsuhito Yoshizawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Iida, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoji Koike, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide an ink-jet recording method including the step of applying an ink to a recording medium by discharging the ink from a recording head by action of thermal energy and the step of fixing the ink to the recording medium by heating the ink applied to the recording medium. The ink contains water, a self-dispersing pigment, and resin particles. The resin particles have a glass transition temperature of not less than 25° C., an average particle diameter of 70 nm or more and 220 nm or less, and an acid value of 25 mg KOH/g or more and 150 mg KOH/g or less.