Patent ID: 8529016

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head having an ejection face in which a plurality of ejection openings are formed, the liquid ejection head being configured to eject recording liquid through the plurality of ejection openings; a conveyance member having a face that is disposed so as to be opposed to the ejection face and that is moved while supporting a recording medium thereon to convey the recording medium; a cleaning-liquid supply portion configured to supply cleaning liquid onto the face; a wiper movable relative to the face while contacting the face to remove the recording liquid existing on the face; a cleaning-operation executing section configured to execute a first cleaning operation including (i) a first operation for reducing an amount of the recording liquid on the face and (ii) a second operation in which the cleaning liquid is supplied onto the face by the cleaning-liquid supply portion after the first operation, and then the recording liquid and the cleaning liquid on the face are removed by the wiper; and a judging section configured to estimate an amount of the recording liquid on the face and judge whether or not the estimated amount is equal to or greater than a second predetermined amount, wherein, where the judging section has not judged that the estimated amount is equal to or greater than the second predetermined amount, the cleaning-operation executing section executes, instead of the first cleaning operation, a second cleaning operation in which the second operation is performed without performing the first operation, and wherein, where the judging section has judged that the estimated amount is equal to or greater than the second predetermined amount, the cleaning-operation executing section executes the first cleaning operation.