Patent ID: 7178898

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a colored ink recording head for emitting photocurable colored ink to a surface of a recording medium; a transparent ink recording head for emitting transparent ink to the surface of the recording medium; a control device for controlling the colored ink recording head and the transparent ink recording head; and a gloss measuring device for measuring a glossiness of the surface of the recording medium, wherein the control device controls an amount of ink for printing per unit area on the surface of the recording medium in accordance with a relationship between an amount A of colored ink for printing per unit area and an amount B of transparent ink for printing per unit area, and decides the relationship based on a result measured by the gloss measuring device, so as to make the glossiness of the surface of the recording medium uniform, such that: when the amount A of colored ink for printing for a unit of area is zero, the control device controls the transparent ink recording head such that the amount B of transparent ink for the unit of area is a predetermined amount of transparent ink; and when the amount A of colored ink for printing for a unit of area is not zero, the control device controls the transparent ink recording head to decrease the amount B of transparent ink for the unit of area in accordance with an increase in the amount A of colored ink.