Patent ID: 7766445

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head that ejects ink toward a recording medium; a carriage on which the recording head is mounted; a carriage driving mechanism that moves the carriage in specified directions reciprocatingly; a conveying device that intermittently conveys the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the specified directions; a vibration applying device that vibrates at least one of the recording medium and the recording head; and an image recording control device that controls the recording head, the carriage driving mechanism, the conveying device and the vibration applying device to perform recording of an image on the recording medium, wherein the image recording control device repeatedly and selectively alternates between a first state and a second state, wherein in the first state, the image recording control device controls the recording head, the carriage driving mechanism, the conveying device and the vibration applying device to, while moving the carriage in the specified directions, eject ink on the recording medium and to vibrate the at least one of the recording medium and the recording head without conveying the recording medium, and wherein in the second state, the image recording control device controls the recording head, the carriage driving mechanism, the conveying device and the vibration applying device to convey the recording medium without ejecting ink; further comprising a vibration application prohibiting device that identifies recording data to be recorded on the recording medium by the recording head and prohibits operation of the vibration applying device when the recording data is identified as character data.