Patent ID: 9283763
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A recording head recovery mechanism for recovery of a recording head having a nozzle region in which an ejection nozzle for ejecting ink onto a recording medium has an aperture, the mechanism comprising: a wiper configured to wipe off purged ink forcibly expelled out of the ejection nozzle and residual ink stuck at a first position on an ink ejection surface outside the nozzle region; and a drive mechanism configured to reciprocally move the wiper across the ink ejection surface which includes the nozzle region; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to be capable of performing recovery operation for the recording head, the recovery operation comprising: a residual ink sticking step of putting the wiper in pressed contact with the first position, and then moving the wiper, with the wiper in pressed contact with the ink ejection surface, along the ink ejection surface to let the residual ink stick to the first position;