| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To easily remove dirt on a nozzle surface, by a method wherein a cleaner is provided at a position outside of a recording range on a main scanning path of a carriage, and the cleaner is provided with a driving device for advancing it to an advanced position and retracting it to a retracted position. CONSTITUTION:The cleaner 16 is provided at a position outside of the recording range of the main scanning path of the carriage 13 having an ink jet head 14 mounted thereon, which position is in a section (a) (where the head 14 is accelerated or decelerated) between the carriage 13 and a starting position S'. The cleaner 16 is provided with the driving device for advancing it to the advanced position D at the time of cleaning the nozzle surface of the head 14 and retracting it to the retracted position C at other times. For example, the driving device is comprised of a solenoid 18, a plunger 19, a spring 20 and the like. |
