An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: an ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K, 24T) configured to perform an ejection operation of ejecting a color material that forms an image and an overcoat material onto a recording medium (P); a fixing unit configured to fix the overcoat material ejected onto the recording medium (P) by the ejector (HU, 24T), thereby forming an overcoat on the recording medium (P); a reversing unit configured to reverse the recording medium (P); and a hardware processor configured to cause the fixing unit to form the overcoat on one side of the recording medium (P) after causing the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K, 24T) to perform the ejection operation on the one side at a predetermined ejection position, causes the reversing unit to reverse the recording medium (P) with the overcoat formed on the one side, and causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on other side of the recording medium (P) opposite to the one side after causing the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K, 24T) to perform the ejection operation on the other side at the predetermined ejection position. the ink jet recording apparatus further comprising a material heater configured to heat a heatable material stored in the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K), wherein the heatable material has a property of being a gel at room temperature and solating by heat, and the hardware processor is configured to cause the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K) to eject the heatable material made to solate by being heated by the material heater onto the recording medium (P), the heatable material being the color material and/or the overcoat material. an ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K, 24T) configured to perform an ejection operation of ejecting a color material that forms an image and an overcoat material onto a recording medium (P); a fixing unit configured to fix the overcoat material ejected onto the recording medium (P) by the ejector (HU, 24T), thereby forming an overcoat on the recording medium (P); a reversing unit configured to reverse the recording medium (P); and a hardware processor configured to cause the fixing unit to form the overcoat on one side of the recording medium (P) after causing the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K, 24T) to perform the ejection operation on the one side at a predetermined ejection position, causes the reversing unit to reverse the recording medium (P) with the overcoat formed on the one side, and causes the fixing unit to form the overcoat on other side of the recording medium (P) opposite to the one side after causing the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K, 24T) to perform the ejection operation on the other side at the predetermined ejection position. the ink jet recording apparatus further comprising a material heater configured to heat a heatable material stored in the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K), wherein the heatable material has a property of being a gel at room temperature and solating by heat, and the hardware processor is configured to cause the ejector (HU, 24Y, 24M, 24C, 24K) to eject the heatable material made to solate by being heated by the material heater onto the recording medium (P), the heatable material being the color material and/or the overcoat material. <EOS>