Patent ID: 6994416

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus for executing recording by ejecting ink onto a recording medium based on recording data using a recording head for ejecting the ink from ejection ports, comprising: recovery means for executing recovery processing for maintaining the ink ejection capability of the recording head; a cap member for capping the ejection ports of the recording head; capping means for moving said cap member in a direction in which said cap member approaches the recording head and in a direction in which said cap member is separated from the recording head; measurement means for measuring a cap-open period that is an elapsed period of a cap-open state while recording onto the recording medium, in which the ejection ports are not capped with said cap member; control means for executing the recovery processing by said recovery means when the can-open period cumulated by cumulation means exceeds a predetermined period; and calculation means for calculating the amount of ink discharged from the recording head by ejection, wherein said control means resets the cumulated period when the recovery processing is executed while the cap-open period is cumulated, and wherein when the cumulated period is longer than the predetermined period, said control means further determines whether or not the discharged amount of the ink calculated by said calculation means is greater than a predetermined amount, and when the discharged amount of the ink is greater than the predetermined amount, the recovery processing is further executed by said recovery means.