An inkjet recording apparatus forms an image based on print data in which a gradation level is selected from a plurality of gradation levels with respect to each pixel. The ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet head including a plurality of nozzles that eject ink therefrom, a plurality of pressure chambers, each of which communicates with a corresponding one nozzle of the plurality of nozzles, and an actuator that allows the plurality of nozzles to eject ink thereform by applying pressure to ink stored in the plurality of the pressure chambers based on pulse train signals. The actuator is capable of allowing the plurality of nozzles to eject different amounts of ink based on the pulse train signals having different waveform patterns. The ink-jet recording apparatus further includes a waveform storage unit that stores a plurality of waveform patterns corresponding to the different amounts of ink to be ejected from the nozzles, a table storage unit that is provided with respect to each nozzle group including at least one of the plurality of nozzles and stores a correspondence table in which one of the plurality of waveform patterns stored in the waveform storage unit is independently selected and brought into correspondence with respect to each of the plurality of a gradation levels, and a signal generation unit that generates the pulse train signals having the respective waveform patterns, based on the correspondence table stored in each of the table storage units, so that ink is ejected from each of the nozzles with a volume in accordance with the waveform pattern assigned to each the gradation level.