摘要 |
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an inkjet recording device and an inkjet recording method which, without changing the droplet speed of an ink discharged from the same nozzle, enable change of the droplet amount. In order to solve this problem, the present invention is provided with: an inkjet head in which the volume of a pressure chamber expands or contracts through application of a drive signal to an actuator; and a drive circuit which applies the drive signal to the actuator. The drive signal includes, in this order, a first expansion pulse which starts from a reference potential and causes the volume of the pressure chamber to expand, a first contraction pulse which causes the volume of the pressure chamber to contract and causes an ink to be discharged from a nozzle, a second expansion pulse which causes the volume of the pressure chamber to expand, and a second contraction pulse which causes the volume of the pressure chamber to contract and returns to the reference potential. The drive circuit enables different droplet amounts of inks to be discharged from the same nozzle by changing the potential difference between the start point and the end point, of the first contraction pulse. |