Patent ID: 8491084

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head including a nozzle face on which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink is formed; an ink tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the recording head; an ink circulation mechanism configured to circulate ink between the recording head and the ink tank; a wiping mechanism configured to wipe the nozzle face; a detection unit configured to detect, from among the plurality of nozzles, defective nozzles from which the ink is not discharged; a control unit configured to control the ink circulation mechanism to perform an ink circulation operation, and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a number of the defective nozzles in an area around one of the defective nozzles detected by the detection unit, wherein the control unit controls the ink circulation mechanism to execute the ink circulation operation in a case the number of the defective nozzles is equal to or more than a predetermined number, and controls the wiping mechanism to execute the wiping of the nozzle face in a case the number of the defective nozzles is less than the predetermined number.