Patent ID: 7635182

Claim:
A recording method using a first aqueous ink for higher-density recording and a second aqueous ink for lower-density recording, wherein the first aqueous ink comprises at least water, a water-insoluble coloring material, and plurality of water-soluble organic solvents, wherein the plurality of water-soluble organic solvents includes a good medium or good mediums for the water-insoluble coloring material and a poor medium or poor mediums for the water-insoluble coloring material, wherein the ratio B/A in the second aqueous ink is less than the ratio B/A in the first aqueous ink, where A denotes the total content (mass %) of good medium based on the total mass of the aqueous ink and B denotes the total content (mass %) of poor medium based on the total mass of the aqueous ink, and wherein the second aqueous ink has the same hue as the first aqueous ink.