To obtain a recording liquid capable of giving an image having a high image density, free from bleeding or infiltration on a recording paper, and excellent in water resistance, and excellent in ejection stability, and to provide a method for recording an image using the recording liquid.

This recording liquid for ink printer contains a coloring agent, water, fine particles of a non-photocuring-type resin and a photocuring-type resin. In an image-recording method for recording an image on a recording medium by ejecting liquid drops of a recording liquid from a recording head, the above-mentioned recording liquid for ink printer is used as the recording liquid.