An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of heads to eject ink of the same color onto a recording medium; an ink tank to store ink to be supplied to the heads; and a fluid supplying unit to supply ink from the ink tank toward the heads, wherein each of the heads includes: a manifold to be filled with ink, a first port communicating with the manifold and through which ink is to be supplied into the manifold, and a second port communicating with the manifold and through which ink is to be discharged from the manifold; an ink flow path (863,876) is connected to each of the first and second ports (341,342) of each of the heads, the ink flow paths (863,876) being provided with an open/close switchable valve (874,875); and a control unit is provided to individually control opening and closing of the valve (874,875) for each of the first and second ports (341,342) of each of the heads, characterized in that the control unit is configured to perform: a first maintenance operation to perform maintenance in which the control unit causes the fluid supplying unit to supply ink to a target head to be maintained among the heads, thereby allowing the ink to be ejected through a nozzle of the target head to be maintained, in a state in which the control unit opens the valve for the first port of the target head to be maintained, closes the valve for the second port of the target head to be maintained, and closes the valve for the first port of a rest of the heads, and a second maintenance operation to perform maintenance in which the control unit causes the fluid supplying unit to supply ink to the target head to be maintained, thereby allowing the ink to be discharged through the second port of the target head to be maintained, in a state in which the control unit opens the valve for the first port and the valve for the second port of the target head to be maintained, and closes the valve for the first port of a rest of the heads. a plurality of heads to eject ink of the same color onto a recording medium; an ink tank to store ink to be supplied to the heads; and a fluid supplying unit to supply ink from the ink tank toward the heads, wherein each of the heads includes: a manifold to be filled with ink, a first port communicating with the manifold and through which ink is to be supplied into the manifold, and a second port communicating with the manifold and through which ink is to be discharged from the manifold; a manifold to be filled with ink, a first port communicating with the manifold and through which ink is to be supplied into the manifold, and a second port communicating with the manifold and through which ink is to be discharged from the manifold; an ink flow path (863,876) is connected to each of the first and second ports (341,342) of each of the heads, the ink flow paths (863,876) being provided with an open/close switchable valve (874,875); and a control unit is provided to individually control opening and closing of the valve (874,875) for each of the first and second ports (341,342) of each of the heads, characterized in that the control unit is configured to perform: a first maintenance operation to perform maintenance in which the control unit causes the fluid supplying unit to supply ink to a target head to be maintained among the heads, thereby allowing the ink to be ejected through a nozzle of the target head to be maintained, in a state in which the control unit opens the valve for the first port of the target head to be maintained, closes the valve for the second port of the target head to be maintained, and closes the valve for the first port of a rest of the heads, and a second maintenance operation to perform maintenance in which the control unit causes the fluid supplying unit to supply ink to the target head to be maintained, thereby allowing the ink to be discharged through the second port of the target head to be maintained, in a state in which the control unit opens the valve for the first port and the valve for the second port of the target head to be maintained, and closes the valve for the first port of a rest of the heads. a first maintenance operation to perform maintenance in which the control unit causes the fluid supplying unit to supply ink to a target head to be maintained among the heads, thereby allowing the ink to be ejected through a nozzle of the target head to be maintained, in a state in which the control unit opens the valve for the first port of the target head to be maintained, closes the valve for the second port of the target head to be maintained, and closes the valve for the first port of a rest of the heads, and a second maintenance operation to perform maintenance in which the control unit causes the fluid supplying unit to supply ink to the target head to be maintained, thereby allowing the ink to be discharged through the second port of the target head to be maintained, in a state in which the control unit opens the valve for the first port and the valve for the second port of the target head to be maintained, and closes the valve for the first port of a rest of the heads.