摘要 |
The ink set of the present invention provides a high ejection stability, gives an image having an excellent hue, light-resistance and waterproofness and improves the image preservability under severe conditions in ink jet recording, in which the ink set comprising a plurality of inks different in hues, wherein the plurality of inks includes a yellow ink containing a coloring agent that is a dye having: a lambdamax of from 390 nm to 470 nm; an I(lambdamax+70 nm)/I(lambdamax) ratio of not greater than 0.4, in which I(lambdamax) is the absorbance at lambdamax and I(lambdamax+70 nm) is the absorbance at (lambdamax+70 nm); and a forced fading rate constant of not greater than 5.0x10<SUP>-2 </SUP>[hour<SUP>-1</SUP>], an ink cartridge having the ink set received therein, an ink jet printer comprising the ink cartridge mounted therein and an image recording method.
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