Patent ID: 8360545

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a conveyance device including: a surface sheet which has a plurality of suction apertures and is configured to come into contact with a rear surface of a recording medium reverse to an image forming surface of the recording medium; and a conveyance device surface which has a plurality of suction holes and is configured to face the rear surface of the recording medium across the surface sheet, the conveyance device conveying the recording medium along with the surface sheet while suctioning the rear surface of the recording medium onto the surface sheet with a negative pressure through the suction holes in the conveyance device surface and the suction apertures in the surface sheet while changing suction locations of the surface sheet and the rear surface of the recording medium suctioned via the suction holes in the conveyance device surface; an inkjet head for ejecting and depositing ink onto the image forming surface of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance device in such a manner that an image is formed on the image forming surface of the recording medium; and a control device which changes the suction locations of the surface sheet and the rear surface of the recording medium suctioned via the suction holes in the conveyance device surface, at a prescribed interval.