Patent ID: 8646891

Claim:
An inkjet recording ink, comprising: a pigment; a water-soluble organic solvent; a surfactant; a polyether-modified silicone oil; a dispersing agent represented by the following General Formula (1) or (2); and water, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent comprises: glycerin as a first water-soluble organic solvent; and a second water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the second water-soluble organic solvent is dipropylene glycol, 1,3-butanediol, 3-methyl-1,3-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanadiol, or any combination thereof, and wherein a mass ratio of the first water-soluble organic solvent:the second water-soluble organic solvent is 1:0.75 to 1:2.25, where R1 represents a C1-C20 alkyl group, an allyl group or an aralkyl group, L is an integer of 0 to 7, and n is an integer of 20 to 200, where m is an integer of 1 or greater.