Ink jet recording apparatus

A method of drying ink comprising:

• forming an image with respect to a recording medium by using an ink ejected from a nozzle of an ink jet head;
• carrying the recording medium during the forming the image;
• after the forming the image, carrying the recording medium while two places of an upstream side and a downstream side thereof are pulled;
• and
• heating the recording medium from a lower side, the upper side of which is in an opened state between the upstream side and the downstream side.

An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:

• means for discharging an ink from an ink jet head on which a plurality of nozzles are arranged;
• first means for carrying the recording on which an image is formed by the ink jet head, wherein the first means is disposed on a downstream side of a carrying direction of the recording medium;
• second means for carrying the recording medium which is disposed on a downstream side of the first means along a carrying direction of the recording medium;
• and
• means for heating the recording medium which is disposed between the first means and the second means.