Patent ID: 8328313

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of inkjet heads that are configured to eject colors of inks that are different from each other, each of the plurality of inkjet heads comprising an ejection surface for ejecting ink; a feeding mechanism which comprises a feed member having a feed surface on a surface thereof that is opposed to the ejection surface and which is configured to drive the feed member so as to feed a recording medium on the feed surface in a feeding direction; a wiper blade which is configured to remove ink that is adhered to the feed surface by contacting the feed surface; a judging portion which is configured to judge whether cleaning of the feed surface is necessary; and a controller which is configured to control the plurality of inkjet heads and the feeding mechanism, when the judging portion judges that the cleaning of the feed surface is necessary, in order to perform a first operation in which ink is ejected to the feed surface and a second operation in which the feed member is driven, wherein, in the first operation, the controller controls the plurality of inkjet heads such that one of the plurality of inkjet heads ejects ink of a color closest in brightness to a color of the recording medium, and wherein the one of the plurality of inkjet heads that ejects ink of the color closest in brightness to the color of the recording medium is located on a most downstream side of the plurality of inkjet heads in the feeding direction.