Patent ID: 8313162

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which includes a nozzle plate having conductive property including an opening and for ejecting ink toward a medium to be recorded from the opening; an absorbing member disposed so as to oppose the nozzle plate in the ejecting direction of the ink from the recording head and for absorbing the ink not adhered to the medium to be recorded, the absorbing member being formed by an insulating material; an electrode disposed so as to make contact with the absorbing member; and an electric potential difference generator for generating an electric potential difference between the nozzle plate and the electrode and electrically attracting the ink not adhered to the medium to be recorded toward the electrode side; wherein, the electric potential difference generator varies the electric potential difference that is generated between the nozzle plate and the electrode so that the magnitude of the electric potential difference is varied in accordance with a distance between a portion of the absorbing member to which the ink is absorbed and the nozzle plate.