Transfer body, image recording method and image recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a transfer body;
• an image forming unit that applies ink to an image forming surface of the transfer body to form an intermediate image;
• a transfer unit that transfers the intermediate image from the transfer body to a recording medium;
• and
• a heating device that heats the intermediate image on the transfer body;
• wherein the transfer body comprises:
• a substrate;
• a plurality of porous layers provided on the substrate;
• and
• a surface layer having an image forming surface,
• when a thickness (mm) of each porous layer from a porous layer P(1) of the plurality of porous layers on a side closest to the surface layer to a porous layer P(n) on a side closest to the substrate is set to t(n) (n≥2), and a total thickness of the transfer body is set to T (mm), Expression (1) is satisfied:
• C×T≤t(1)+ . . . +t(n) (1)
• (here, C=0.4, T≥1, and n is an integer of 10 or less) is satisfied.