To provide a droplet discharge device and a method for controlling the droplet discharge device wherein a discharge inspection of a functional droplet discharge head can be performed without affecting a cycle time of workpiece processing nor being subject to time constraints.

The droplet discharge device includes: a pair of work stages 2 wherein workpieces W are set; a pair of inspection stages 15 which receives an inspection discharge from the functional droplet discharge head 42 arranged outside of the each work stage 2; a pair of image recognition units 16 which recognizes the result of inspection discharge of the inspection stage 15; and stage movement tools 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 which make work stages 2 move freely between a drawing area and a material feeding and removing area, and also make the inspection stage 15 move between the drawing area and the inspection area.