Patent ID: 6866361

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a medium conveyance mechanism that conveys a record medium; an ink-jet head that has a nozzle face where a plurality of nozzles are arranged, for ejecting ink through the nozzles onto the record medium conveyed by the medium conveyance mechanism; and a maintenance unit, the maintenance unit comprising: an ink receiving member in which a plurality of protrusions are arranged, the protrusions being able to be brought into contact with ink adhering to the nozzle face, for receiving the ink in a space between the protrusions; a first wiping member that is able to be brought into contact with the nozzle face to wipe up ink adhering to the nozzle face; and a driving mechanism that moves the maintenance unit so that the ink receiving member receives ink adhering to the nozzle face and then the first wiping member wipes up ink adhering to the nozzle face.