Patent ID: 8596752
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a record head having an ejection surface on which a plurality of ejection openings ejecting aqueous ink are formed; a conveyance mechanism which has a conveyance surface passing through a position facing the ejection surface and conveys, by moving the conveyance surface in a travel direction, a recording medium supported on the conveyance surface so as to cause the recording medium to pass through the position facing the ejection surface; a capping mechanism which has a annular component provided around the record head to circumscribe the record head and achieves capping such that the ejection surface is covered with the conveyance surface and the annular component as the annular component is caused to contact the conveyance surface; a recognition unit which recognizes a position of a first region on the conveyance surface when the annular component does not contact the conveyance surface, the first region being not smaller than an enclosed range on the conveyance surface whose range is circumscribed by the annular component and being a region in which a predetermined amount or less ink adheres to an arbitrary range which is within the first region and is identical in size with the enclosed range; and a control unit which controls the capping mechanism and the conveyance mechanism so that the capping is achieved in such a way that the first region of the conveyance surface recognized by the recognition unit contacts the annular component.