Ink-jet recorder and method for cleaning its restoring system

摘要

For cleaning a restoring system of an ink-jet recorder, that ejects ink droplets from nozzles on a recording head (22) to record on recording paper (12), when a print operation is performed with an ink preliminary ejection operation which is executed at predetermined time points at least before starting the print operation and during a print operation, the system switches between first and second print operations at a predetermined interval according to a predetermined condition. The first print operation is accompanied by a first preliminary ejection operation for ejecting ink in amount of a first count value per one preliminary ejection operation. The second print operation being accompanied by a second preliminary ejection operation for ejecting ink in amount of a second count value that is greater than the first count value.