Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, containing, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a matting agent, in which average particle diameter of the matting agent is in the range of from 50% to 200% of the thickness of the receptor layer, and the receptor layer contains a releasing agent; a producing method thereof; and an image-forming method using the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer which has a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or less, a latex polymer which has a glass transition temperature more than 50° C., and a wax dispersion, wherein at least one of the latex polymers is present in a particulate state without forming film; and a method of forming an image using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink set including: an ink composition including a pigment, polymer particles having an ethylene oxide chain in a side chain of the polymer, and a water-soluble polymerizable compound that has an ethylene oxide chain and that is polymerized by active energy rays; and a treating liquid including an aggregating agent that aggregates ingredients in the ink composition.

Abstract: An ink set which includes an ink composition including a pigment, polymer particles having a glass transition temperature of 70° C. or more and a volume average particle size of 70 nm or lower, and a water-soluble polymerizable compound that undergoes polymerization when irradiated with an active energy ray; and a treatment liquid including an aggregating agent for aggregating components in the ink composition, and an image forming method, including an ink applying process for applying the ink composition; and a treatment liquid applying process for applying the treatment liquid, are provided.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, at least one receptor layer, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles which layer is provided between the support and the receptor layer, wherein the hollow polymer particles have an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 1.0 ?m; and wherein, in the hollow polymer particles, the ratio of the number of bulky particles having a particle diameter of 10 ?m or more is less than 1/5,000 of the total number of the hollow polymer particles; a producing method thereof, and an image forming method using the same.

Abstract: An inkjet recording method is disclosed, in which the method includes: recording an image, on a recording medium, using two or more ink compositions each comprising at least a pigment, by applying the two or more ink compositions to an acidic surface of the recording medium at a dotting interval of 500 msec or less; wherein the recording includes forming at least a first color sub-image by applying at least one of the two or more ink compositions and the at least one of the two or more ink compositions includes a self-dispersing polymer having an acid value of from 70 to 120 mgKOH/g and a water-soluble organic solvent.

Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes: a treatment liquid application process in which a treatment liquid containing an acidic compound is coated on a recording medium by roller coating at a coating speed of 300 mm/sec or higher; and an ink application process in which an ink composition containing self-dispersing polymer particles having an acid value of from 30 mgKOH/g to 80 mgKOH/g, a pigment, and an aqueous medium is ejected, by an inkjet process, onto the recording medium coated with the treatment liquid to record an image.

Abstract: An ink composition for ink-jet recording includes a pigment; resin particles having a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or higher; at least one water-soluble organic solvent; and water, and a total mass of solid content in the ink composition for ink-jet recording is 10% by mass or more relative to the ink composition for ink-jet recording, and the at least one water-soluble organic solvent includes at least one organic solvent having an SP value of 27.5 or lower, the amount of the at least one organic solvent having an SP value of 27.5 or lower being 70% by mass or more relative to a total amount of the at least one water-soluble organic solvent. An ink-jet recording method is also provided.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer having repeating units of vinyl chloride component and at least one kind of microcrystalline wax dispersion, wherein the melting temperature of a base wax of the microcrystalline wax dispersion is higher than a glass transition temperature of the latex polymer by at least 15° C.; and a method of forming an image using the same.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, containing; a support; at least one receptor layer on a support; at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow latex polymer particles, said at least one heat insulation layer being provided between the support and the at least one receptor layer; and wherein the hollow polymer particles have a particle diameter distribution that a sum of the number of particles having diameters of at most 90% of an average diameter of the hollow polymer particles and the number of particles having diameters of at least 110% of the average diameter is at least 40% of the total number of the hollow polymer particles present in the heat insulation layer.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer and at least one heat insulation layer containing a hollow polymer, and further having, between the support and the heat insulation layer, at least one intermediate layer which contains one or both of 1) a latex polymer having a lower glass transition point than the latex polymer in the receptor layer and 2) a water-soluble polymer.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition including a first solvent having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of 0.1 Pa or higher, resin particles having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher, and a coloring material. An ink set and an ink jet image forming method are also provided.

Abstract: An inkjet recording method including recording an image by applying an ink containing a pigment to a recording medium, and fixing an image region by pressure-contacting a pressure-bonding unit against the image region when the tackiness of the image region as measured by a ball tack test method reaches 20 mm or greater.

Abstract: An ink set for inkjet recording includes an ink composition containing a pigment; and a reaction liquid containing: a solvent and an organic acid which has a first acid dissociation constant (at 25° C.) of 1.5 to 4.5. A 10% by mass aqueous solution of the solvent has a surface tension (at 25° C.) of not less than 40 mN/m.

Abstract: An ink set includes (i) an ink composition including a pigment, polymer particles, and a first water-soluble polymerizable compound that undergoes polymerization when irradiated with an active energy radiation; and (ii) a treatment liquid including a coagulant that coagulates components in the ink composition and a second water-soluble polymerizable compound that undergoes polymerization when irradiated with an active energy radiation and that may be the same as the first water-soluble polymerizable compound or different from the first water-soluble polymerizable compound.

Abstract: An ink set includes (i) an ink composition including a pigment, polymer particles, and a water-soluble polymerizable compound that undergoes polymerization when irradiated with an active energy radiation; and (ii) a treatment liquid including a coagulant that coagulates components in the ink composition.

Abstract: An ink set for inkjet recording includes: an ink composition having a surface tension of from 25 to less than 40 mN/m at 25° C.; and a reaction liquid having a surface tension of 40 mN/m or more at 25° C. and including an organic acid and a water-soluble organic solvent that is present at a content ratio of 0.15 to 0.70 relative to the organic acid. The reaction liquid coagulates the ink composition.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording method is provided, which includes (i) supplying on a coated paper a treatment liquid containing 15% by mass or more of a polyvalent metal compound for fixing the components contained in an ink composition and having a viscosity at 25° C. of from 2 mPa·s to 8 mPa·s, in an amount of from ?50% to +50% with respect to the value of ?V [ml/m2] determined by the following Formula (I); and (ii) recording an image by ejecting an ink composition containing a colorant, resin particles, an aqueous organic solvent and water by an ink-jet method on the coated paper to which the treatment liquid has been supplied. Vr represents a roughness index of the coated paper obtained from a measurement of liquid absorbability according to the Bristow method, and Vi represents the amount of transfer at an inflection point where the value of absorption coefficient of the coated paper changes in the measurement of liquid absorbability according to the Bristow method.

Abstract: An image recording method including: applying an aqueous pretreatment composition to a recording medium having a water absorption of 14 ml/m2 or less at a contact time of 900 msec in accordance with the Bristow method, the aqueous pretreatment composition containing 10 mass % or more of a water-soluble organic solvent having a solubility parameter value of 13 or less, 1.5 mass % or more of resin particles, and water; forming a blocking layer on the recording medium by drying the aqueous pretreatment composition so that 70 mass % or more of water contained in the aqueous pretreatment composition evaporates within 900 msec from the initiation of the application of the aqueous pretreatment composition; and recording an image by jetting an aqueous ink on the blocking layer, the aqueous ink containing a pigment, resin particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water.

Abstract: A method of recording an image by applying an aqueous ink by an inkjet method, comprising: forming a blocking layer on a recording medium, the blocking layer comprising a polymer component and being capable of blocking permeation of a solvent in the aqueous ink into the recording medium; forming a fixation layer on the blocking layer, the fixation layer comprising resin particles and a material that fixes a component in the aqueous ink; and recording an image by applying the aqueous ink onto the fixation layer by an inkjet method, the aqueous ink comprising a pigment, resin particles, water-soluble organic solvent and water, wherein the glass transition temperature of the resin particles in the aqueous ink (Tgi) and the glass transition temperature of the resin particles in the fixation layer (Tgc) satisfy the relationship of Tgi?Tgc.