| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hardly leave a part, which has not been wiped off by a wiper, near an end of a discharge surface while restraining ink from running round.SOLUTION: A first wiper 41 is arranged on the inside with respect to an area &Dgr; of an end of a discharge surface 1a while straddling a nozzle forming area NZ in a sub-scanning direction. A second wiper 42 is arranged on the outside with respect to the nozzle forming area NZ and elongated to the outside with respect to the discharge surface 1a, while straddling the area &Dgr;. The second wiper 42 is configured to become more rigid than the first wiper 41. |
