Tinte, Tintenstrahl-Aufzeichnungsverfahren und Vorrichtung unter Verwendung derselben

摘要

An ink including a dye; a liquid medium for dissolving the dye; and a polymer, wherein the surface tension and the viscosity of the ink respectively are 26 x 10<-><5> N/cm to 40 x 10<-><5> N/cm and 0.7 x 10<-><3> Pa.s to 12 x 10<-><3> Pa.s, and the forward contact angle with respect to a recording medium, on which an image will be printed, ranges from 60 DEG to 180 DEG at 25 DEG C. An ink jet recording method and recording apparatus employing the ink are also disclosed.