Patent ID: 8256867

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: an image forming device which deposits ink onto a recoding medium to form an image; a conveyance device which conveys the recording medium in a recording medium conveyance direction at a recording medium conveyance speed; a pressing member which presses the recording medium on which the ink has been deposited, onto the conveyance device; and a pushing device which pushes the pressing member to press the recording medium to suppress cockling occurring in the recording medium on which the ink has been deposited, the pushing device having a spring constant k that satisfies: 48 ⁢ EI ( 1 ⁢ / ⁢ f ) 3 < k < v · 2 ⁢ A t · 48 ⁢ EI ( 1 ⁢ / ⁢ f ) 3 , where EI is a flexural rigidity of the recording medium, t is a thickness of the recording medium, v is the recording medium conveyance speed, A is an amplitude of the cockling in the recording medium, and f is a frequency of the cockling in the recording medium along the recording medium conveyance direction.