The present invention provides an ink-jet recording apparatus having a driving roll 17a and press-contact rolls 17b and 17c that transport an ink-jet recording medium 13, an ink-jet head 11 ejecting an ink onto the transported ink-jet recording medium 13, and a drying device drying the ink ejected from the ink-jet head 11, providing images in which density is high and hue difference (color change) is prevented from being developed, and an ink-jet recording method using the ink-jet recording apparatus.