Patent ID: 7878623

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: first and second heads each having an ink discharging section; a carriage on which the first head and the second head are mounted; a first cap configured to cap the ink discharging section of the first head; a second cap configured to cap the ink discharging section of the second head, wherein, in a state in which the first and second caps are opened, a distance from the first cap to the first head is shorter than a distance from the second cap to the second head, and wherein the carriage stops at a first capping position where capping is performed with only the first cap and a second capping position where capping is performed with both the first and second caps; and a slider on which the first cap and the second cap are mounted, the slider moving so as to follow the carriage, wherein the slider moves in a moving direction of the carriage and in a direction orthogonal to discharging faces of the first and second heads.