Patent ID: 7824005

Claim:
A liquid ejection device comprising: a liquid ejection head having an ejection surface and a plurality of ejection ports formed at the ejection surface, the liquid ejection head operable to eject a droplet of liquid from the ejection ports; an elastic absorbing member which comes into contact with the ejection surface of the liquid ejection head that absorbs the liquid adhering to the ejection surface; and moving means for moving the absorbing member with respect to the ejection surface while the absorbing member is in contact with the ejection surface, wherein the absorbing member has a surface layer which is impregnated with a solution containing a surfactant, wherein the absorbing member is a porous body having a porosity of 80±3%, and an impregnation depth of the solution containing the surfactant from a surface of the absorbing member is in a range of from 3.7 to 226.2 μm.