Inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:

• a conveyance belt that conveys a recording medium;
• a recording head that includes
• a pressurized chamber which stores an ink,
• a nozzle which communicates with the pressurized chamber and
• a displacement element which deforms by receiving application of a voltage to apply a pressure to the pressurized chamber so as to discharge the ink from the nozzle, the recording head discharging the ink to the recording medium to form an image on the recording medium;
• and
• a control unit that controls the recording head,
• wherein the conveyance belt includes a flushing region in which an opening is formed,
• a plurality of flushing regions are spaced in a direction of movement of the conveyance belt,
• the control unit causes the recording head to perform flushing processing separately from image formation processing that discharges the ink to the recording medium, and in the flushing processing, the ink is discharged to the opening in at least one of the flushing regions that does not overlap the recording medium and
• the control unit controls the application of the voltage to the displacement element such that a flying speed of the ink discharged from the nozzle during the flushing processing is faster than a flying speed of the ink discharged from the nozzle during the image formation processing.