Patent ID: 8727525

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: an image formation unit which deposits aqueous ink onto a recording surface of a recording sheet to form an image on the recording surface; a drying unit which dries the recording surface on which the image has been formed, the drying unit including a double-side heat application device which performs drying of the recording surface by applying heat to both the recording surface and a rear surface of the recording sheet opposite to the recording surface; a drying control unit which controls a first intensity of heat applied to the recording surface and a second intensity of heat applied to the rear surface independently from each other, in accordance with a thickness of the recording sheet; a data storage unit in which a data table of correspondence between a deposition volume of the aqueous ink and an allowable limit temperature of the recording surface after drying is stored for each recording sheet type corresponding to the thickness of the recording sheet; and a data input unit through which data of the recording sheet type and the deposition volume of the aqueous ink is input, wherein the drying control unit controls the first and second intensities independently from each other so that temperature of the recording surface does not exceed the allowable limit temperature selected from the data table of correspondence in accordance with the input data of the recording sheet type and the deposition volume of the aqueous ink.