Patent ID: 8752933

Claim:
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising: a liquid discharge head including a discharge surface having a plurality of liquid discharge nozzles formed thereon; a liquid receiving surface configured to oppose the discharge surface to receive liquid discharged from the liquid discharge nozzles; a first wiper configured to wipe liquid attached on the liquid receiving surface while being moved and contacting the liquid receiving surface; a second wiper configured to wipe liquid attached on the discharge surface while being moved and contacting the discharge surface; a moving device configured to move the first wiper and move the second wiper together with the first wiper; a cleaning device configured to clean the first wiper; a control device configured to control at least the moving device; and a maintenance command device configured to provide a maintenance command to the control device, wherein when the control device receives the maintenance command, the control device is configured to control the moving device to: move the second wiper along a second plane while contacting the discharge surface, from a second wiping start position which is located at one end of the discharge surface to a second wiping end position which is located at the other end opposite to the one end of the discharge surface, subsequently move the first wiper to a wiper cleaning position defined by the cleaning device, and then move the first wiper along a first plane that is different from the second plane, while contacting the liquid receiving surface, from a first wiping start position which is located at one end of the liquid receiving surface to a first wiping end position which is located at the other end opposite to the one end of the liquid receiving surface, wherein the wiper cleaning position is aligned in a predetermined direction together with the first wiping start position and the first wiping end position and is located at an opposite side to the first wiping end position with respect to the first wiping start position, and a distance from the wiper cleaning position to the first wiping start position is smaller than a distance from the first wiping end position to the first wiping start position, and wherein the first wiping start position and the second wiping start position are located at a first side with respect to the liquid receiving surface in the predetermined direction, and the first wiping end position and the second wiping end position are located at a second side opposite to the first side with respect to the liquid receiving surface in the predetermined direction.