Patent ID: 8215745

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of recording heads each comprising a nozzle face on which inkjet nozzles are formed; a cap unit comprising a plurality of first ink receiving members and a second ink receiving member; each of the first ink receiving members being disposed below and corresponding to each of the recording heads and comprising a first receiving portion that receives ink discharged from the inkjet nozzles and a first discharging hole that discharges the ink received by the first receiving portion; and the second ink receiving member being disposed below and corresponding to the first ink receiving members and comprising a second receiving portion that collectively receives the ink discharged through a plurality of first discharging holes and a second discharging hole that discharges the ink received by the second receiving portion; a waste ink container comprising an ink storage chamber storing ink discharged through the second discharging hole; and a communicating member that communicatively connects the second discharging hole of the second ink receiving member with the ink storage chamber of the waste ink container.