摘要 |
An ink jet recording device is disclosed, comprising: recording heads for ejecting ink and printing on recording media; a carriage member having said recording heads and moving reciprocatingly between a printing region and a non-printing region; and a cleaning member for cleaning a (front) surface, which has nozzles, of said recording heads by contacting with said surface when said carriage member enters said non-printing region, and said cleaning member moving to a position at which said cleaning member is capable of contacting with said surface, which has said nozzles, of said recording heads, linking with a movement, which is for entering said non-printing region, of said carriage member, and moving to a position at which said cleaning member does not contract with said surface, which has said nozzles, of said recording heads, linking with the passage of an engaging portion of carriage side at a position of a projecting engaging portion of blade holder side when said carriage member is moved from said non-printing region to said printing region.
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