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An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition including an aqueous ink jet ink composition including: a p

An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition including an aqueous ink jet ink composition including: a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

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1. An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of:A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals;B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording elementC) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising:

1. An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of:A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals;B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording elementC) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising:a pigment;a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer;at least one surfactant; anda humectant; andD) printing on said ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said heating step is applied during the process of printing using a heating means wherein said ink recording element is heated to an elevated temperature. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein said temperature is between 30° C. and 90° C. 4. The method of claim 2 wherein said temperature is between 40° C. and 70° C. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said heating step is applied after the process of printing using a heating means wherein said ink recording element is heated to an elevated temperature. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein said temperature is between 50° C. and 150° C. 7. The method of claim 5 wherein said temperature is between 80° C. and 120° C. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein said heating step is first applied during the process of printing using a first heating means wherein said ink recording element is heated to a first elevated temperature, said ink recording element is further heated to a second elevated temperature after the process of printing using a second heating means. 9. An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of:A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals;B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording elementC) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising:a pigment;a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer;at least one surfactant; anda humectant; andD) printing on said ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals;wherein said heating step is first applied during the process of printing using a first heating means wherein said ink recording element is heated to a first elevated temperature, said ink recording element is further heated to a second elevated temperature after the process of printing using a second heating means andwherein said first elevated temperature is between 30° C. to 90° C. and said second elevated temperature is between 50° C. to 150° C. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said first elevated temperature is between 40° C. to 70° C. and said second elevated temperature is between 80° C. to 120° C. 11. The method of claims 2 , 5 and 8 wherein said heating means is an irradiation source, a hot air source or an electrical heater. 12. The method of claim 11 wherein said irradiation source is an infrared lamp. 13. The method of claim 1 wherein said ink jet recording element comprises a non-absorbing substrate. 14. The method of claim 13 wherein said non-absorbing substrate is a plastic, glass, ceramics or metal substrate. 15. The method of claim 14 wherein said plastic substrate is an untreated vinyl. 16. The method of claim 1 wherein the pigment is a self-dispersing pigment, an encapsulated pigment or a pigment stabilized by a dispersant. 17. The method of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of said pigment to said polymer is 1:20 to 20:1. 18. The method of claim 1 wherein said pigment has a particle size of less than 0.5 micron. 19. The method of claim 1 wherein said pigment comprises up to 10% by weight of the ink composition. 20. The method of claim 1 wherein said surfactant is a siliconated or a fluorinated surfactant or a mixture of both. 21. The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer latex has a Tg of −50 to 150° C. 22. The method of claim 1 wherein said halogenated vinyl monomer is selected from vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl fluoride, vinylidene fluoride, vinyl bromide, vinylidene bromide, and chloromethacrylic acid. 23. The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer latex comprises less than 20 mole % hydrophilic monomer units based on the total monomer units in the polymer latex. 24. The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer latex comprises less than 5 mole % hydrophilic monomer units based on the total monomer units in the polymer latex. 25. The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer latex comprises hydrophilic monomer units selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, chloromethacrylic acid, maleic acid, allylamine, N,N-diethylallylamine, vinyl sulfonamide, sodium acrylate, sodium methacrylate, ammonium acrylate, ammonium methacrylate, acrylamidopropane-triethylammonium chloride, methacrylamidopropane-triethylammonium chloride, vinyl-pyridine hydrochloride, sodium vinyl phosphonate and sodium 1-methylvinylphosphonate, sodium vinyl sulfonate, sodium 1-methylvinyl-sulfonate and sodium styrenesulfonate, ethyoxytriethylene glycol methacrylate, methoxypolyethylene oxide methacrylate, methoxypropylene oxide acrylate, polyethyleneoxide methacrylate, polyethylenoxide acrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone.