<p>The present invention addresses the problem of providing a configuration for appropriately heating a recording medium in an ink-jet recording device. As a means for solving the problem, an ink-jet recording device (1) is configured such that an IR-LED (23) applies light to a region to which ink (6) is to be discharged on a recording medium (5) before discharging the ink (6) to the region to thereby heat the region.</p>
