Patent ID: 7771036

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a conveyer that conveys a recording medium; a recording head that ejects an ink and a processing solution onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer; an ejection controller that controls ejection of the ink and the processing solution from the recording head based on image information; and a double side printer that prints on both surfaces of the recording medium to form an image on each surface, the ejection of the ink and the processing solution being controlled by the ejection controller so that respective amounts of the ink and the processing solution applied per unit area are less in a double-sided printing mode, which prints on both surfaces of the recording medium, than respective amounts of the ink and the processing solution applied per unit area in a single-sided printing mode, which prints only on one surface, and so that a reduction ratio of the amount of the ink applied per unit area is larger than a reduction ratio of the amount of the processing solution applied per unit area.