Patent ID: 8864299

Claim:
An image forming apparatus configured to eject liquid droplets onto a recording medium to form an image on a surface of the recording medium, the image forming apparatus, comprising: a pretreatment unit configured to apply a pretreatment liquid on the surface of the recording medium before the image is formed on the surface of the recording medium; a posttreatment unit configured to apply a posttreatment liquid on the recording medium after the image is formed on the surface of the recording medium; and a dry unit configured to dry the image formed on the recording medium and the posttreatment liquid, wherein the pretreatment unit controls an applying amount of the pretreatment liquid based on resolution of an image to be formed on the recording medium, the posttreatment unit controls an applying amount of the posttreatment liquid based on the resolution of the image to be formed on the recording medium, and the dry unit controls drying strength based on the resolution of the image to be formed on the recording medium.