Patent ID: 7029109

Claim:
An ink jet recording method comprising a step of discharging at least one of a first ink and a second ink constituting an ink set using thermal energy in response to a recording signal, wherein the first ink is an ink for thermal ink jet recording comprising an aqueous medium and a coloring material dispersed in the aqueous medium with a dispersant, the coloring material being contained in an amount of at most 1% by weight with respect to the total weight of said ink, wherein a ratio (B/P ratio) of the dispersant to the coloring material is larger than 1, wherein the dispersant is a resinous dispersant that comprises a block polymer, and wherein the second ink is for thermal ink jet recording, forms an image having the same or substantially the same hue on a recording medium as that formed with the first ink, and has higher coloring ability than that of the first ink.