Patent ID: 8162430

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a formation unit that forms an image on a first surface of a recording medium by inkjetting; a suction conveyance unit that conveys the recording medium to the formation unit while suctioning the recording medium onto a guide surface which is a conveyance path; a switchback conveyance unit that inverts the recording medium on whose first surface an image has been formed by the formation unit to allow a second surface of the recording medium to be used as an image formation surface, and conveys the recording medium to the suction conveyance unit; and a conditioning unit that conditions the first surface of the recording medium, wherein the conditioning unit controls a rate of moisture absorption of a surface of the recording medium and causes the recording medium that is fed to the suction conveyance unit via the switchback conveyance unit to bend such that the center portion of the recording medium separates from the guide surface of the suction conveyance unit.