Patent ID: 8147058

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a feed unit configured to feed a recording medium; an application unit configured to apply liquid to the recording medium fed by the feed unit; a recording unit configured to perform recording by applying ink from a recording head on the recording medium with the liquid applied by the application unit; an ejection unit configured to eject the recording medium after the recording is performed by the recording unit; and a control unit configured to, when the recording medium includes a plurality of pages, start feed of a next page by the feed unit before recording of a current page by the recording head is completed, wherein the control unit is configured to manage a first time until a previous page, which has already been ejected by the ejection unit, is permitted to contact with the current page, and to manage a second time until the current page is permitted to contact with the next page, and wherein the control unit is configured to start ejection of the current page by the ejection unit based on the first time.