| 摘要 |
The inkjet recording apparatus has: a head which ejects ink droplets; an intermediate transfer body that has an image forming surface including an image forming region on which an image is formed by means of the ink droplets ejected from the head; a movement device which moves the intermediate transfer body in a movement direction; a transfer device which transfers the image formed on the image forming region of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium; a first cleaning device which is provided in a breadthways direction of the intermediate transfer body that is perpendicular to the movement direction, on an upstream side of the head in terms of the movement direction, and which makes contact with the image forming surface of the intermediate transfer body to wipe off and remove adhering material attached to the intermediate transfer body; a first groove which is provided in the image forming surface of the intermediate transfer body in a direction forming a prescribed angle of alpha(where 0°<alpha<90°) with respect to the breadthways direction of the intermediate transfer body, has a length corresponding to a length of the first cleaning device in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction, and has an opening in one end section of the intermediate transfer body in the breadthways direction; a second cleaning device provided inside the first groove in a direction in which the first groove is formed, throughout the length of the first cleaning device in the direction perpendicular to the movement direction, and making contact with the first cleaning device to remove adhering material attached to the first cleaning device; an ejection control device which controls ink ejection from the head in such a manner that preliminary ejection is carried out from the head toward the second cleaning device to cause adhering material attached to the second cleaning device to flow into the first groove; and a recovery device which is provided on a downstream side of the head in terms of the movement direction, and which recovers the adhering material removed by the second cleaning device and collected in the first groove, via the opening of the first groove.
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