Patent ID: 8093311

Claim:
An ink for ink-jet recording comprising: a pigment; an aqueous resin emulsion; a polyethylene glycol; and diethylene glycol; wherein the following formulae (1), (2) and (3) are satisfied: A< 15 (1) A+B> 10 (2) 30 ≦A×α+B≦ 64 (3) wherein: A is a content of polyethylene glycol (mass % by mass of the ink); B is a content of diethylene glycol (mass % by mass of the ink); and α is a molecular weight ratio of polyethylene glycol to diethylene glycol; and wherein the aqueous resin emulsion is present, as a resin solid content, in an amount of from 6 mass % to 10 mass %, inclusive, by mass of the ink.