Patent ID: 8905516

Claim:
A nozzle surface cleaning apparatus which cleans a nozzle surface of a droplet ejection head, comprising: a nozzle surface cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits cleaning liquid onto the nozzle surface of the droplet ejection head; a wiping member travel device which causes a wiping member having absorbing characteristics to travel; a wiping member cleaning liquid deposition device which deposits cleaning liquid onto the wiping member; a pressing device which presses and abuts the wiping member on which the cleaning liquid has been deposited, against the nozzle surface on which the cleaning liquid has been deposited by the nozzle surface cleaning liquid deposition device, and wipes the nozzle surface with the wiping member; a first flow channel for supplying the cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface cleaning liquid deposition device; a second flow channel for supplying the cleaning liquid to the wiping member cleaning liquid deposition device; and a common flow channel for supplying the cleaning liquid to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, the second flow channel being provided with a flow channel resistance member.