Patent ID: 7309119

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus which performs recording by jetting a pigment ink and a dye ink, the apparatus comprising: a first nozzle group which jets the pigment ink; a second nozzle group which jets the dye ink; a first pressure chamber group which is provided corresponding to the first nozzle group; a second pressure chamber group which is provided corresponding to the second nozzle group; a first active portion group which applies a jetting pressure, to the pigment ink in the first pressure chamber group, by a piezoelectric effect; and a second active portion group which applies the jetting pressure, to the dye ink in the second pressure chamber group, by the piezoelectric effect; wherein a diameter of nozzles belonging to the first nozzle group is greater than a diameter of nozzles belonging to the second nozzle group; an active portion, belonging to the first active portion group, which faces a pressure chamber belonging to the first pressure chamber group has an area greater than an area of an active portion, belonging to the second active portion group, which faces a pressure chamber belonging to the second pressure chamber group.