Patent ID: 9597876
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a first liquid which is an ink containing a self-dispersible pigment; an ink-jet head configured to discharge the ink; an absorber comprising a foam and which is arranged in an area facing a discharge surface of the ink-jet head, and which is configured to absorb the ink discharged from the ink-jet head; and a second liquid which is a liquid agent containing a water-soluble organic solvent, and which is absorbed in the absorber, wherein a surface tension of an aqueous solution containing the liquid agent at concentration of 5% by weight is not more than 50 mN/m; and a blending percentage by weight of the water-soluble organic solvent in the liquid agent is not less than five times a blending percentage by weight of the self-dispersible pigment in the ink.