Patent ID: 7665823

Claim:
A liquid discharging apparatus for discharging droplets from a liquid discharge nozzle to a discharge object to be discharged, the liquid discharging apparatus including a liquid discharge head having a liquid discharge surface provided with the liquid discharge nozzle, the liquid discharging apparatus comprising: a platen plate for supporting the discharge object, defining a positional relationship between the discharge object and the liquid discharge head, and receiving the droplets discharged from the liquid discharge head; and a cap member for accommodating a cleaning member therein and protecting the liquid discharge surface of the liquid discharge head, wherein, liquid present in the liquid discharge nozzle is sucked by contacting an outer face of the cleaning member to the liquid discharge surface as the cap member moves from a closed position to an open position, (1) droplets are preliminarily discharged from the liquid discharge nozzle to the platen plate and (2) the outer face of the cleaning member does not contact the liquid discharge surface as the cleaning member returns to the closed position.