Patent ID: 8337008

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head which ejects ink so as to record an image on a recording medium; a drum-shaped member which includes a drum and is at least one of a print drum in which the inkjet head is arranged opposing a circumferential surface of the drum, a drying drum having a drying device which dries an image on a recording surface of the recording medium and which is arranged opposing the circumferential surface of the drum, and a fixing drum having a fixing device which fixes an image on the recording surface of the recording medium and which is arranged opposing the circumferential surface of the drum; an intermediate conveyance body which holds an edge of the recording medium while moving the recording medium in rotation, and transfers the recording medium to the drum-shaped member; and a conveyance guide which guides a non-recording surface of the recording medium which is moved in rotation by the intermediate conveyance body, wherein the conveyance guide has a back tension application device which produces a force to act on the recording medium in an opposite direction to a direction of movement of the recording medium.