Patent ID: 6616264
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:an ink jet recording head, provided with a nozzle formation face on which nozzle orifices for ejecting ink drops in accordance with print data are formed; a capping member, which seals the nozzle formation face, the capping member having an inner space formed with a bottom; an ink absorbing member, provided on the bottom of the inner space in the capping member; and a flushing controller, which selectively performs either: a first flushing mode, in which ink drops are ejected into the capping member in a state that the nozzle formation face is sealed by the capping member or a second flushing mode, in which ink drops are ejected into the capping member in a state that the capping member is separated from the nozzle formation face, wherein the number of ink drops ejected in the first flushing mode is greater than the number of ink drops ejected in the second flushing mode.