Inkjet printing apparatus and related printing method in which a liquid applied to a transfer member is dried before ink is discharged by a printhead

A printing method in an inkjet printing apparatus that forms an image by discharging ink from a printhead to a transfer member configured to move cyclically in a circular orbit, and transfers the image from the transfer member to a print medium, the method comprising:

• cooling a first liquid by a first cooling mechanism;
• applying the first liquid to the transfer member prior to formation of the image;
• drying the first liquid applied to the transfer member, before the ink is discharged by the printhead to the transfer member;
• printing the image by discharging the ink from the printhead to the transfer member to which the first liquid has been applied and dried;
• and
• transferring the image from the transfer member to the print medium by rotating the transfer member.