Patent ID: 8794730

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: first and second recording heads each having an ejection surface through which liquid is to be ejected onto a recording medium; a first-conveyance-path definer defining a first conveyance path along which the recording medium is to be conveyed via a first position and a second position such that the recording medium is opposed to said ejection surface of said first recording head when the recording medium is being positioned in said first position and such that the recording medium is opposed to said ejection surface of said second recording head when the recording medium is being positioned in said second position; a second-conveyance-path definer defining a second conveyance path along which the recording medium is to be conveyed via said first position and a third position and without via said second position, said third position being other than said second position; and a velocity controller configured to control a conveyance velocity at which the recording medium is to be conveyed along said first and second conveyance paths; wherein said first conveyance path includes a first/second-positions communicating path section that is located between said first and second positions while said second conveyance path includes a first/third-positions communicating path section that is located between said first and third positions, such that one of said first/second-positions communicating path section and said first/third-positions communicating path section is bent larger than the other of said first/second-positions communicating path section and said first/third-positions communicating path section, wherein said velocity controller is configured to control the conveyance velocity of the recording medium such that the conveyance velocity is varied based on whether the recording medium is currently being conveyed along a path section that is bent larger than another path section, wherein said velocity controller is configured to control the conveyance velocity to a first velocity, while the recording medium is being conveyed along said other of said first/second-positions communicating path section and said first/third-positions communicating path section, with the liquid being ejected from said first recording head onto the recording medium, and wherein said velocity controller is configured to control the conveyance velocity to a second velocity that is lower than said first velocity, while the recording medium is being conveyed along said one of said first/second-positions communicating path section and said first/third-positions communicating path section, with the liquid being ejected from said first recording head onto the recording medium.