US 12,351,723 B2
Recording method and recording apparatus
Kenta Uchida, Matsumoto (JP); Yusuke Mizutaki, Shiojiri (JP); and Miki Uchida, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,433.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-040487 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295451 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/322 (2014.01); C09D 11/38 (2014.01)
CPC C09D 11/38 (2013.01) [B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 2/1606 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); C09D 11/322 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording method that is conducted using a recording apparatus, the recording method comprising:
a supply step of supplying an ink composition from an ink container to an ink chamber through a second ink supply path;
a supply step of supplying the ink composition from the ink chamber to an ink jet head through a first ink supply path; and
an adhesion step of discharging the ink composition from the ink jet head and allowing the composition to adhere to a recording medium,
wherein the recording apparatus includes the ink container, the first ink supply path, the second ink supply path, and the ink jet head,
the ink container is an ink cartridge or an ink pack that is removable from the recording apparatus,
the ink chamber has a capacity of 40 mL to 500 mL, and
the ink composition is an aqueous ink composition containing a pigment and an inorganic oxide particle having a specific gravity higher than that of the pigment.