An inkjet printing method and an inkjet printing apparatus are provided which can realize equal smoothness in both a printed area and in a non-printed area and produce a printed material having a uniform glossiness over the entire printed image. To this end, the clear ink is applied in two phases—a first phase that makes the print medium impenetrable by applying highly penetrative clear ink to the print medium stepwise or intermittently in a small volume at a time and a second phase that applies in a short period of time a greater volume of clear ink than that applied in the first phase of clear ink application. With this process, a clear ink layer of a uniform thickness is formed in both the printed area and the non-printed area on the surface of the print medium made impenetrable by the first phase.