Recovery mechanism and ink jet recording apparatus equipped therewith.

摘要

An ink jet recording apparatus equipped with a cleaning member (17) for cleaning the discharge port surface of a recording head (9), comprises moving means for moving the recording head; stopping means for stopping the recording head in the cleaning region with the cleaning member (17); a cleaning mechanism which enables cleaning only in the direction which is the crossing direction relative to the moving direction of the recording head by said moving means and directed from the upper portion to the lower portion of the cleaning region; and an ink absorber (19) provided on the downstream side of the cleaning member with respect to the direction directed from the upper portion to the lower portion, integrally with and adjacent to the cleaning member.