Abstract: Provision of an inkjet recording cloth that can be inkjet-printed using a pigment ink at a high shade depth and having excellent water and abrasion resistance without deterioration in its characteristic handling touch, a method of preparing such an inkjet recording cloth and a method of inkjet-printing the cloth. Application of an acidic solution containing a certain hydrophobic low molecular weight compound, whose melting or softening point is from 40° C. to 150° C., to a cloth forms an ink-accepting layer on the surface of the cloth before inkjet-printing it with pigment ink. Preferably, said ink-accepting layer contains a cationic resin which shows an electrical conductivity of 0.5 mS/cm to 10.0 mS/cm when dissolved in water at a concentration of 1%, and has a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 50,000.

Abstract: An ink-jet printing method of applying an ink containing dyes onto cloth without need for a subsequent step of washing the cloth to produce printed cloth excellent in water, weather and abrasion resistance and dye-specific color brilliancy as well as soft to the touch. In the ink-jet printing method, the cloth is treated with an ink acceptor solution containing an ink holding agent and a synthetic resin having a glass transition temperature from 60 to 150° C. before it is subjected to ink-jet printing and then wet-heat treatment.