Patent ID: 7306664

Claim:
An ink-jet recording method comprising ejecting an ink-jet recording ink to a recording medium, wherein an ejection volume is 5 pl or less per dot, wherein the ink-jet recording ink comprises water, a coloring material, and an ethylenediamine compound represented by Formula (I): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are each selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an alkylene oxide group, provided that at least one of R 1 and R 2 and at least one of R 3 and R 4 are each an alkylene oxide group, and that alkylene oxide units in one molecule are 2 to 20 in total number, and wherein the ethylenediamine compound is in a content of from 0.5 to 8% by weight.