The ink jet recording system is ink for mounting the mounted ink cartridge 100, the ink cartridge 100 in a removable ink to be supplied to the ink jet head 211, the store and the ink jet head in the cartridge main assembly 303, an ink jet recording apparatus 200 having the cartridge mounting portion (202). The ink cartridge includes a wireless transmitting means 136, which can send the information storage medium 135 which stores predetermined information, the predetermined information stored in the information storage medium within a predetermined limited range (R). The mounting portion of the recording apparatus is provided with wireless communication means for receiving the information transmitted from the radio transmitting means of the ink cartridge to the wireless (214). The ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink receiving means (301) having an opening (302). Radio communication means 214, the ink receiving means 301 of the opening 302 is only reaches a predetermined position in the cartridge main assembly 303 of the ink cartridge 302, a wireless transmitting means 136 and the radio communication means are located within a predetermined limited range (R) of the distance between (214). The ink jet recording apparatus, a recording liquid container, the wireless communication means, the wireless transmitting means, the ink cartridge