Patent ID: 7926903

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a transporting mechanism which transports a recording medium; an ink-head unit that has at least one ink head extending in a direction at right angles with a direction in which the recording medium is fed, the ink head having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, through which ink is ejected to record an image, the ink head being at least as wide as the recording medium; a head-holding unit which holds the ink-head unit to be opposed to the transporting mechanism; and a blade unit which has a wiper blade for wiping the nozzle surface, wherein the blade unit is held by the head-holding unit; a cap unit which caps the nozzle surface of the ink-head unit, wherein the cap unit is opposed to the head-holding unit while the wipe blade wipes the nozzle surface, and wherein the blade unit moves between the head-holding unit and the cap unit to wipe the nozzle surface.