Patent ID: 7222930

Claim:
An inkjet recording device that ejects a plurality of inks to form an image on a substrate, comprising: a first ejecting system that operates to eject at least one ink whose color has a maximum L* value among the plurality of inks onto one or a predetermined number of lines on the substrate at a time; a second ejecting system that operates to eject at least an ink whose color has a minimum L* value among the plurality of inks, the second ejecting system ejecting inks which are not ejected by the first ejecting system onto the same lines, onto which the first ejecting system has ejected the at least one ink whose color has the maximum L* value, at a time; and a controlling system that controls the first ejecting system and the second ejecting system such that the second ejecting system operates a predetermined period after the first ejecting system has operated sufficient to stabilize the at least one ink ejected by the first ejecting system whose color has the maximum L* value.