The present invention is an ink-jet recording apparatus 100 capable of carrying out printing continuously onto both surfaces of a recording medium 1, the ink-jet recording apparatus 100 having: a first unit 10a having a first ink-jet recording head 2a for carrying out printing onto a first surface la of the recording medium 1 and having a first drying drum 3apositioned below the first ink-jet recording head 2a and heating and drying the recording medium 1 after the printing; and a second unit 10b having a second ink-jet recording head 2b for carrying out printing onto a second surface 1b of the recording medium 1 and having a second drying drum 3b positioned below the second ink-jet recording head 2b and heating and drying the recording medium 1 after the printing.