Patent ID: 8282186

Claim:
A method for ejecting a liquid using a liquid ejection head, the method comprising the steps of: providing the liquid ejection head including a first ejection port configured to eject an ink containing a color material, a first energy generating element configured to generate energy utilized for ejecting the ink from the first ejection port, a second ejection port configured to eject an improvement liquid for improving recording property of the ink, and a second energy generating element configured to generate energy utilized for ejecting the improvement liquid from the second ejection port; ejecting the ink from the first ejection port by driving the first energy generating element; ejecting the ink from the first ejection port by driving the first energy generating element in a state where the liquid level of the ink in the first ejection port is on the same surface on which the first ejection port is formed or is retracted to an opposite side to the liquid ejection direction to the surface; and ejecting the improvement liquid from the second ejection port by driving the second energy generating element in a state where the liquid level of the improvement liquid is raised in the liquid ejection direction to a surface where the second election port is formed.