Patent ID: 8152270

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a carriage on which a first head having a first ink discharging face and a second head having a second ink discharging face are mounted; a first cap configured to cap the first ink discharging face; and a second cap configured to cap the second ink discharging face; a slider, on which the first cap and the second cap are mounted, configured to follow the carriage and move in a moving direction of the carriage and in a direction in which the first and second caps come into contact or separate from the first and second ink discharging faces, respectively, wherein the first cap caps the first ink discharging face but the second cap does not cap the second ink discharging face when the carriage moves to a first position, and the first cap caps the first ink discharging face and the second cap caps the second ink discharging face when the carriage moves to a second position.