An ink jet head cleaning method and an ink jet recording apparatus

摘要

A cleaning member (16) abutted against a nozzle plate (4) formed with a plurality of nozzles is moved along the nozzles in a state in which pressure is applied to all of the pressure chambers, to thereby make it possible to recover the ink placed in a state of being ejected from the respective nozzles to the outside of the pressure chambers to thereby extrude foreign particles outside the pressure chambers, purge the foreign particles contained in the ink without consuming much ink needlessly, and prevent the occurrence of a delivery failure due to the foreign particles around the nozzles being absorbed into the pressure chambers. <IMAGE>