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(57) [Problem] To provide an ink jet printer capable of high-speed printing, has practically sufficient drying properties without using a special drying device, and has no image deterioration such as strikethrough or bleeding of an image. To provide an ink and a recording method. SOLUTION: It contains a coloring agent dissolved or dispersed in water, water, a wetting agent in an amount of 5 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the ink, and further contains 2-n-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol. Water-based ink. |