| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To reduce ink consumption by providing a plurality of flexible plate- shaped members to be brought into contact with orifice surfaces of recording heads, whereby specified ones of the recording heads are wiped respectively by specified ones of the plate-shaped members. CONSTITUTION:A capping device 10 is moved forward to a wiping position. Then, a carriage 5 is moved rightward, while an orifice surface of ahead 6B is wiped exclusively by a plate-shaped member 14B whereas an orifice surface of a head 6A is wiped exclusively by a plate-shaped member 14A. When the head 6B comes to the right side of the plate-shaped member 14B and the head 6A comes between the two plate-shaped members 14A and 14B, the carriage 5 is stopped, and the capping device 10 is retracted to space the members 14A, 14B from the heads 6A, 6B. After recording is finished, the carriage 5 is moved leftward, and is stopped at a home position. Then, the capping device 10 is moved forward to hermetically seal the orifice surfaces of the heads 6A, 6B by caps 13A, 13B, respectively. |
