Patent ID: 7370948

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejection head which ejects liquid onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which relatively conveys the recording medium with respect to the liquid ejection head, by moving at least one of the recording medium and the liquid ejection head; a liquid removal device which is provided after the liquid ejection head in terms of a conveyance direction of the recording medium and removes the liquid on the recording medium; a recording medium determination device which determines a type of the recording medium; a liquid volume determination device which determines a volume of the liquid on the recording medium; a liquid volume threshold value establishment device which establishes a liquid volume threshold value in accordance with the type of the recording medium determined by the recording medium determination device; and a liquid removal control device which controls the liquid removal device in accordance with a comparison between the volume of the liquid on the recording medium determined by the liquid volume determination device and the liquid volume threshold value established by the liquid volume threshold value establishment device.