Patent ID: 8726834

Claim:
A liquid applying apparatus comprising: a liquid applying unit comprising an applying roller that applies a liquid to a medium, a liquid holding member that abuts against the applying roller to form a liquid holding space in which a liquid is held, and a pump for supplying the liquid to the liquid holding space to generate a flow of the liquid in the liquid holding space, the applying roller and the pump being rotated to apply the liquid in the liquid holding space to the medium via the applying roller; a memory configured to store information on individual variability of components of the liquid applying unit; and a control unit configured to adjust both (i) a rotation speed of the applying roller and (ii) a rotation speed of the pump to change a flow speed of the liquid in the liquid holding space for adjusting the amount of the liquid applied to the medium, on the basis of the information stored in the memory, wherein the individual variability information is at least one of information indicating a difference in a surface property of the applying roller and information indicating a difference in abutting pressure between the liquid holding member and the applying roller.