Patent ID: 8506068

Claim:
An inkjet printing method of applying color ink containing coloring agent and clear ink not containing the coloring agent in substance on a unit area of a print medium by a printing unit to form an image thereon, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining an amount of the color ink applied in the unit area; determining an amount of the clear ink to be applied to the unit area based upon the amount of the color ink applied in the unit area obtained in the obtaining step, such that glossiness of the image formed on the unit area becomes equal to or more than a predetermined target value, based on a relation between the amount of the color ink and the amount of the clear ink required for making the glossiness of the image formed on the unit area applied with the amount of the color ink become equal to or more than the predetermined target value; and causing the printing unit to apply the clear ink on the print medium in accordance with the determined amount of clear ink, wherein the amount of the clear ink determined in a case where the amount of the color ink is a first amount is greater than i) the amount of the clear ink determined in a case where the amount of the color ink is a second amount which is less than the first amount and ii) the amount of the clear ink determined in a case where the amount of the color ink is a third amount which is greater than the first amount.