Patent ID: 9266334
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet recording head including an ejection opening surface from which ink is ejected; a wiping unit having a sheet-like member, a reeling roller for reeling the sheet-like member, and an abutting member for pressing up the sheet-like member such that the sheet-like member abuts against the ejection opening surface, wherein the wiping unit wipes the ejection opening surface by relatively moving the ejection opening surface and the wiping unit in a state in which the sheet-like member abuts against the ejection opening surface; a changing unit configured to perform a changing operation for moving an unused wiping area of the sheet-like member to a position facing the ejection opening surface by the reeling roller; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a value related to an ink amount ejected from the inkjet recording head; and a control unit configured to cause the changing unit to perform the changing operation on the basis of the value related to the ink amount which is obtained by the obtaining unit.