Ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording head in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink is arranged to correspond to a width of a recording medium;
• a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the plurality of nozzles is arranged;
• and
• a control unit configured to cause the conveyance unit to convey the recording medium repeatedly backward and forward, to perform recording by discharging ink from the recording head to the recording medium while the recording medium is conveyed backward and forward with a predetermined region of the recording medium passing through a position facing the recording head a plurality of times, and to control the conveyance unit to accelerate or decelerate the recording medium when a direction in which the recording medium is conveyed is reversed from a forward direction to a backward direction or from the backward direction to the forward direction,
• wherein the control unit controls the recording head to provide that an amount of ink applied to the recording medium in a case where the recording medium is conveyed at a first speed is smaller than an amount of ink applied to the recording medium in a case where the recording medium is conveyed at a second speed higher than the first speed in both of a case where the recording medium is accelerated and a case where the recording medium is decelerated.