Patent ID: 8764178

Claim:
An ink jet recording method having a step of forming an image on a recording medium by ejecting an ink from an ink jet recording head, the method comprising performing: a humidifying step of humidifying a gap between the recording head and the recording medium by supplying humidified air into the gap between the recording head and the recording medium, and setting the gap between the recording head and the recording medium to an atmosphere of a temperature of 35° C. or lower and an absolute humidity of 0.013 kg/kgDA or higher, wherein the recording medium has an ink-receiving layer that comprises a pigment, and wherein the ink used for forming the image is an ink which contains water, a water-soluble organic solvent and at least one of a compound represented by the following General Formula (I) and a compound represented by the following General Formula (II): R 1 R 3 R 2 (I) wherein the compound represented by General Formula (I) is solid at 25° C.; R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aminooxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; and R 3 is one of —S—, —S(═O)— and —S(═O) 2 —; and wherein the compound represented by General Formula (II) is solid at 25° C.; and R 4 is a molecular chain which constitutes a heterocycle together with a sulfur atom.