Patent ID: 8628170

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head configured to record an image by ejecting a liquid to a recording medium; a conveying member disposed such that a surface thereof is opposed to the recording head and configured to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction by moving in the conveyance direction while holding the recording medium on the surface; a conveying-member driving mechanism configured to move the conveying member; a wiper disposed such that a distal end thereof is to come into contact with and separate away from the surface; a wiper driving mechanism configured to drive the wiper to conduct a wiping operation in which the distal end of the wiper is brought into contact with the surface and the wiper is moved relative to the surface while being in contact with the surface in an intersecting direction that intersects the conveyance direction and that is parallel to the surface so as to wipe off foreign substances on the surface; a retainer configured to give, to the conveying member, a retaining force for preventing a movement of the conveying member in the intersecting direction; and a controller configured to control the conveying-member driving mechanism to halt the movement of the conveying member during the wiping operation, to control the retainer to give the retaining force to the conveying member, and to control the wiper driving mechanism to conduct the wiping operation.