An inkjet recording device automatically determines an excitation voltage of a piezoelectric element for formation of ink droplets. An excitation voltage value is applied to the piezoelectric element of a nozzle over a plurality of sweeping events. A charge voltage is applied to ink droplets generated by the applied excitation voltage value in a plurality of arbitrary printing phases to give an electric charge thereto. A charge amount given to the ink droplets is detected by a sensor to obtain a printing phase. When the relationship of a current printing phase to a previous printing phase detected for each sweeping event is reversed from an increasing side to a decreasing side and two decrease determinations of the printing phase are established in succession, an excitation voltage value corresponding to the printing phase of the sweeping event immediately before the first decrease determination is set as a final excitation voltage value.

In an inkjet recording device that uses a pigment-based ink, an ink device is provided in which ink sticking in an ink path and the precipitation of pigment components in an ink container, which occur when printing is not performed over a long period, can be suppressed, and the pigment-based ink can be jetted in a short time at the restart of the printing. The inkjet recording device uses a pigment-based ink. A control section 7 executes a printing mode performing a printing operation and a rest mode not performing the printing operation. In the rest mode, the control section 7 forcibly performs the stirring of a pigment-based ink 68A in an ink container 31 and the circulation of the ink in an ink circulation path not including a printing head (S300) or the circulation of the ink in an ink circulation path including the printing head (S400). Accordingly, it is possible to suppress ink sticking in the ink circulation path and the precipitation of pigment components in an ink container, which occur when printing is not performed over a long period, and to jet the pigment-based ink in a short time at the restart of the printing.

In an inkjet recording device that uses a pigment-based ink, an ink device is provided in which ink sticking in an ink path and the precipitation of pigment components in an ink container, which occur when printing is not performed over a long period, can be suppressed, and the pigment-based ink can be jetted in a short time at the restart of the printing. The inkjet recording device uses a pigment-based ink. A control section 7 executes a printing mode performing a printing operation and a rest mode not performing the printing operation. In the rest mode, the control section 7 forcibly performs the stirring of a pigment-based ink 68A in an ink container 31 and the circulation of the ink in an ink circulation path not including a printing head (S300) or the circulation of the ink in an ink circulation path including the printing head (S400). Accordingly, it is possible to suppress ink sticking in the ink circulation path and the precipitation of pigment components in an ink container, which occur when printing is not performed over a long period, and to jet the pigment-based ink in a short time at the restart of the printing.