Inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording head for recording by discharging ink from a nozzle;
• and
• a plurality of recovery means for removing a clog at the nozzle,
• wherein the plurality of the recovery means implement recovery operations of plural kinds ranked from a conceptually higher recovery operation to a conceptually lower recovery operation,
• wherein an individual condition to judge as to whether a recovery operation is to be effected from the respective recovery operations is provided,
• wherein, for execution of the conceptually higher recovery operation, a first condition in which an individual judgment is made for inevitably performing the conceptually higher recovery operation, and a second condition for performing the conceptually higher recovery operation in a case where an individual judgment is made for performing the conceptually lower recovery operation though not satisfying the first condition, are provided, and
• wherein the conceptually higher recovery operation is performed without performing the conceptually lower recovery operation in a case where the individual judgment for the conceptually lower recovery operation is made while the second condition is satisfied.