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1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction; a carriage configured to move in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the conveying direction; a recording head mounted on the carriage and configured to face the recording medium conveyed in a recording area by the conveying unit and to eject ink; a maintenance mechanism comprising:
a cap disposed in a first outside area which is outside of the recording area in the main scanning direction,a waste ink storage detachably attached to the inkjet recording apparatus; anda pump configured to discharge ink in the cap to the waste ink storage; an ink receiving member fixedly attached, in a second outside area, to the inkjet recording apparatus, the second outside area being outside of the recording area in the main scanning direction and opposite to the first outside area relative to the recording area; and a controller configured to:
receive a recording instruction for recording an image on the recording medium;execute, after receiving the recording instruction, first flushing by controlling the recording head to idly eject ink toward the cap;execute, after executing the first flushing, image recording by controlling the conveying unit and the recording head to repeat a unit action in which the recording head ejects ink onto the recording medium conveyed by a predetermined line feed length in the conveying direction;detect arrival of one or more flushing timings, wherein each flushing timing arrives during the image recording both when a threshold time elapses and when one of repeated unit actions is completed; andexecute, after detecting the arrival of a flushing timing, second flushing by controlling the recording head to idly eject ink toward the ink receiving member. |
