| abstract |
In an image forming method in which a processing liquid and ink are reacted to agglomerate ink, formation of an image with high quality and excellent fixability is prevented by preventing dot size abnormality and dot displacement on an image forming body. An image forming method and an ink jet recording apparatus are provided. A first processing liquid having a function of preventing the ink from aggregating over the entire surface of an image forming region of an intermediate transfer body 12 and applying polymer fine particles 21 is applied to the first processing liquid layer 22 based on image data. Ink droplets 24 containing pigment fine particles are ejected, and the second treatment liquid is ejected corresponding to the ink droplets 24. The ink droplets 24 that have landed on the first treatment liquid layer 22 can spread to a predetermined size without agglomeration, and a predetermined adhesive force with the intermediate transfer body 12 can be obtained. In addition, the movement of the ink droplets 24 is suppressed by the polymer fine particles 21 in the first treatment liquid layer 22, and a preferable image in which dot size abnormality or dot position deviation is prevented can be obtained. [Selection] Figure 3 |