Patent ID: 8733891

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head having an ejection surface on which a first ejection region, where a plurality of ejection openings that are configured to eject ink are disposed at equal intervals in one direction, and a second ejection region, where a plurality of ejection openings that are configured to eject ink with a color different from a color of the ink ejected from the first ejection region are disposed at equal intervals in the one direction, are formed to be in proximity to each other or to partially overlap each other in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the one direction; a wiping unit including a wiping member that is configured to wipe the ejection surface and a moving mechanism that is configured to move at least one of the wiping member, and the inkjet head relative to each other in the orthogonal direction along the ejection surface while keeping the wiping member to contact the ejection surface; a forcible ejection unit that is configured to selectively and forcibly eject the ink from the first ejection region and the second ejection region by supplying the ink to the inkjet head; and a controller that is configured to control the wiping unit and the forcible ejection unit, wherein the controller is configured to selectively perform: a first wiping operation in which, after the ink is forcibly ejected only from the first ejection region, the first ejection region is wiped by relative movement of the wiping member in a direction from the second ejection region toward the first ejection region; and a second wiping operation in which, after the ink is forcibly ejected only from the second ejection region, the second ejection region is wiped by relative movement of the wiping member in a direction from the first ejection region toward the second ejection region.