Patent ID: 7735959

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: an ink-jet head having an ink ejection face on which a plurality of nozzle openings that eject ink are formed, the ink ejection face having a changing position at which ink adhesivity changes to become larger along a wiping direction oriented from one end to the other end of the ink ejection face, and the changing position being positioned between the other end and a nozzle opening nearest to the other end; a wiper that wipes off ink adhering to the ink ejection face; a drive mechanism that drives at least either one of the ink-jet head and the wiper such that the wiper moves in the wiping direction relative to the ink-jet head and such that the wiper becomes spaced apart from the ink ejection face; and a wiping controller that controls the drive mechanism such that the wiper, while keeping in contact with the ink ejection face, moves relative to the ink-jet head in the wiping direction, and also such that the wiper becomes spaced apart from the ink ejection face at a point between the nozzle opening nearest to the other end and the changing position.