Patent ID: 7682015

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus provided with ink jetting nozzles through each of which a photocurable ink is jetted for recording an image onto a recording material by an ink jet recording method, the apparatus comprising: a color ink recording head for jetting color ink; a first light irradiation device for emitting light to harden the jetted color ink on the recording material; a clear ink recording head for jetting clear ink; a second light irradiation device for emitting light to harden the jetted clear ink on the recording material; an ink amount determining section for determining an amount of the clear ink to be jetted from the clear ink recording head, by causing at least one of the color ink recording head and the clear ink recording head to record a predetermined test pattern on the recording material, and determining the amount of the clear ink based on a glossiness of the recorded test pattern; a glossiness measuring device for measuring the glossiness, wherein the ink amount determining device determines the amount of the clear ink based on a result measured by the glossiness measuring device; and a conveyance device for conveying the recording material, wherein an image is recorded on the recording material while the recording material is conveyed by the conveyance device; wherein the color ink recording head, the first light irradiation device, the clear ink recording head, the second light irradiation device, and the glossiness measuring device are arranged in the stated order along a downstream direction of a conveyance direction of the recording material; and wherein the glossiness measuring device measures the glossiness of the recorded test pattern.