| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more reliably clean a nozzle surface of a linear recording head having a plurality of nozzle chips regularly disposed thereon. <P>SOLUTION: The inkjet recording apparatus includes: a blade 22 which cleans, by wiping, a chip-mounted surface of the recording head including the nozzle surface; a suction nozzle 11, which cleans the chip-mounted surface by suction; and a moving means which moves, with respect to the recording head, the blade 22 and the suction nozzle 11 in a first cleaning direction and a second cleaning direction opposite to the first cleaning direction. The blade 22 or the suction nozzle 11 is selected so as to be used in each of the first and the second cleaning directions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
