Patent ID: 8556405

Claim:
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising an ink ejecting unit and an ink for recording, wherein the ink ejecting unit is configured to apply a stimulus to the ink for recording so as to eject the ink, and to form an image, wherein the ink for recording comprises: a coloring agent; a water-dispersible resin; a wetting agent, wherein the wetting agent is a polyhydric alcohol having an equilibrium moisture content of 25% by mass or more under the condition at 20° C. and 60% RH; a fluorine surfactant; and water, wherein a total solid content of the coloring agent and the water-dispersible resin is 10% by mass to 30% by mass with respect to a total mass of the ink, a ratio B/C is 0.1 to 1.6, wherein B is a solid content of the coloring agent in the ink, and C is a solid content of the water-dispersible resin in the ink, a viscosity of the ink is 5 mPa·s to 20 mPa·s at 25° C., a surface tension of the ink is 35 mN/m or less, and the total content of the surfactant in the ink is 0.01% by mass to 5% by mass.