Patent ID: 8424993

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head configured to eject an ink on a recording medium; an ink curing device configured to cure the ink ejected on the recording medium; a moving device configured to move the recording medium in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a control device configured to control the recording head, the ink curing device, and the moving device, the control device comprising: a first control part configured to perform a first printing operation comprising ejecting the ink from the recording head while moving the recording medium in the first direction, and curing the ink ejected from the recording head before a prescribed period of time, and repeating the ejecting and curing of the ink such that the ink can be ejected on the cured ejected ink, a second control part configured to control movement of the recording medium in the second direction after the completion of the first printing operation, and a third control part configured to perform, after the recording medium has been moved in the second direction, a second printing operation comprising ejecting and curing the ink on the cured ink from the first printing operation, after the prescribed period of time.