| abstract |
An ink jet recording apparatus and an image recording method are provided that perform preferable image recording without causing an abnormality such as curling on a recording medium. A permeation inhibitor 1 is deposited on a paper 16 to form a permeation inhibitor layer 1A on the paper 16. Next, when the treatment liquid 2 that causes the coloring material in the ink to aggregate (or thickens the ink dots) is deposited on the permeation suppressor layer 1A, the treatment liquid 2 does not penetrate into the paper 16 and the treatment liquid layer. 2A is formed. When the CMYK inks 3 are ejected according to the image data after the treatment liquid layer 2A is formed, the treatment liquid layer 2A and the ink 3 react on the paper 16 to form ink dots 3A (desired image). The Since the permeation inhibitor, the treatment liquid, and the ink do not permeate into the paper 16, no curling occurs on the paper 16 after image recording, so that a reduction in the quality of the recorded image is suppressed and high-quality image recording is possible. [Selection] Figure 1 |