To provide an inkjet recording device capable of obtaining a successful image by setting a difference in the gap of an unevenness of a sheet to be absorbed within the range of a tolerable gap level of a recording head in printing the face and the back of the sheet.

This inkjet recording device comprises a double-side printing means to print the back of the sheet by one recording part by inverting the sheet after printing the face and also comprises a train of platen ribs consisting of a plurality of ribs for receiving the back of a recording sheet in an opposite part to the recording head. In addition, a transfer means to transfer the train of platen ribs in the width direction of the recording sheet, and a control means which controls the transfer of the position of the train of platen ribs over a distance about half the interval of the ribs, between the case of printing the face and the case of printing the back, are provided.