Patent ID: 7543899

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus which forms images on a recording medium by combining at least two types of liquid, the apparatus comprising: a first application device which applies a first liquid to the recording medium; a second application device which applies a second liquid to the recording medium in accordance with an image to be formed on the recording medium; a movement device which moves the first application device and the second application device relatively with respect to the recording medium; a control device which performs at least one type of control, from among first liquid application amount change control which changes an applied amount of the first liquid, second liquid application amount change control which changes an applied amount of the second liquid, relative movement speed control of the recording medium by means of the movement device, and temperature variation control of the recording medium, in accordance with a permeation speed of at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid with respect to the recording medium; and a storage device which previously stores the permeation speed of at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid with respect to the recording medium, wherein the control device performs at least one type of control, from among the first liquid application amount change control which changes the applied amount of the first liquid, the second liquid application amount change control which changes the applied amount of the second liquid, the relative movement speed control of the recording medium by means of the movement device, and the temperature variation control of the recording medium, in accordance with information on the permeation speed of the at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid stored in the storage device, wherein the control device performs application amount change control which changes the applied amount of at least one of the first liquid and the second liquid, in accordance with the permeation speed of one of the first liquid and the second liquid that has been applied to the recording medium before the other of the first liquid and the second liquid.