Intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording

Abstract

There is provided an intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording to which inks and coagulants can be satisfactorily applied and that can substantially maintain high water repellency through repetitive transfer. An intermediate transfer member for use in transfer ink jet recording, wherein an outer portion of the intermediate transfer member contains a component produced by condensing at least an organosilicon compound having the following general formula (1): X—Si(OR1)a(R2)b  (1) wherein X denotes a substituent having a vinyl group or a cyclic ether group, R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a is a natural number in the range of 1 to 3, b is an integer in the range of 0 to 2, and a+b=3.

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