A recording method, comprising: applying an ink composition onto a recording medium; primarily drying the recording medium by increasing the surface temperature of the recording medium to a primary drying temperature during the application of the ink composition; transporting the recording medium onto which the ink composition has been applied to a secondary drying device; and secondarily drying the recording medium by increasing the surface temperature of the recording medium to a secondary drying temperature with the secondary drying device, characterised in that the ink composition is one of an aqueous ink composition containing a coloring material, water, a resin, and a water-soluble organic solvent and a solvent-based ink composition containing a coloring material and an organic solvent, the primary drying temperature is in the range 30 °C to 38 °C, the secondary drying temperature is in the range 60 °C to 160 °C, the variation in surface temperature of the recording medium from the primary drying temperature to the lowest temperature in the period from the completion of the application of the ink composition to the completion of the secondary drying is in the range of -40% to -3% relative to the primary drying temperature, the variation in surface temperature of the recording medium from the primary drying temperature to the highest temperature in the period from the completion of the application of the ink composition to the completion of the secondary drying is 370% or less relative to the primary drying temperature, the surface temperature of the recording medium is increased to the secondary drying temperature at an average rate in the range of 1°C/s to 7°C/s after the completion of the application of the ink composition, and the recording medium exhibits a water absorption of 10 mL/m 2 or less for a period of 30 ms from the beginning of contact with water, measured by the Bristow method. applying an ink composition onto a recording medium; primarily drying the recording medium by increasing the surface temperature of the recording medium to a primary drying temperature during the application of the ink composition; transporting the recording medium onto which the ink composition has been applied to a secondary drying device; and secondarily drying the recording medium by increasing the surface temperature of the recording medium to a secondary drying temperature with the secondary drying device, characterised in that the ink composition is one of an aqueous ink composition containing a coloring material, water, a resin, and a water-soluble organic solvent and a solvent-based ink composition containing a coloring material and an organic solvent, the primary drying temperature is in the range 30 °C to 38 °C, the secondary drying temperature is in the range 60 °C to 160 °C, the variation in surface temperature of the recording medium from the primary drying temperature to the lowest temperature in the period from the completion of the application of the ink composition to the completion of the secondary drying is in the range of -40% to -3% relative to the primary drying temperature, the variation in surface temperature of the recording medium from the primary drying temperature to the highest temperature in the period from the completion of the application of the ink composition to the completion of the secondary drying is 370% or less relative to the primary drying temperature, the surface temperature of the recording medium is increased to the secondary drying temperature at an average rate in the range of 1°C/s to 7°C/s after the completion of the application of the ink composition, and the recording medium exhibits a water absorption of 10 mL/m 2 or less for a period of 30 ms from the beginning of contact with water, measured by the Bristow method.