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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Torisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Imai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording method including the steps of forming an image by applying an ink to an ink receiving member and applying a treatment liquid containing an ink-viscosity-increasing component to the ink receiving medium so as to overlap with at least a part of a region of the ink receiving medium to which the ink is applied. The treatment liquid contains a surfactant which lowers a surface tension of water to 25 mN/m or less when added into the water in an amount of 0.1% by mass; and an additive containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (1) to (4):