Patent ID: 6938974

Claim:
An image recording apparatus for recording an image by applying a coloring material on a recording medium, comprising: recording means for applying the coloring material in accordance with image data; conveying means for conveying the recording medium so as to permit recording on both a first recording side and a second recording side of the recording medium, said conveying means including a plurality of conveying paths; setting means for variably setting a length of time between an end of recording on the first recording side of the recording medium and a start of recording on the second recording side of the recording medium in accordance with the image data for recording on the first recording side of the recording medium; and control means for controlling a conveying operation by said conveying means such that recording on the second recording side of the recording medium by said recording means is started after passage of time set by said setting means, wherein said control means switches the conveying paths for conveyance in accordance with the time set by said setting means.