Patent ID: 7516837
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: B05B,B41J,B65G

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of rollers; an endless conveyor belt that spans the rollers; a conveyor belt driving mechanism that rotates the rollers so as to move, in a predetermined conveyance direction, a record medium disposed on one surface of the conveyor belt; an ink-jet head that has a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink to a record medium; an absorber that absorbs cleaning fluid and applies the cleaning fluid to the one surface of the conveyor belt by coming into contact with the one surface of the conveyor belt; a scraper that comes into contact with the one surface of the conveyor belt and scrapes the cleaning fluid attached to the one surface of the conveyor belt; a supplier that supplies cleaning fluid to the absorber; and a supply controller that controls a supply of cleaning fluid from the supplier to the absorber, in such a manner that the supply controller, in response to a print command, makes the supplier supply cleaning fluid to the absorber for a first period of time before the conveyor belt driving mechanism rotates the rollers to make the conveyor belt start traveling.