Inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus comprising

• an ink collection tray that, when recovery operation is performed for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, is disposed opposite the recording head to collect the ink pushed out onto an ink ejection surface of the recording head;
• a cleaning liquid feeding mechanism that feeds onto the ink collection tray a cleaning liquid for flushing off the ink,
• wherein
• the ink collection tray includes:
• a cleaning liquid catching portion that catches the cleaning liquid dropped from the cleaning liquid feeding mechanism;
• a waste ink catching portion disposed opposite the ink ejection surface;
• a cleaning liquid spreading portion disposed between the cleaning liquid catching portion and the waste ink catching portion;
• and
• a waste ink discharge portion disposed adjacent to the waste ink catching portion opposite from the cleaning liquid spreading portion,
• the ink collection tray having a downward slope from the cleaning liquid catching portion toward the waste ink discharge portion,
• the waste ink catching portion has formed therein a plurality of grooves with a V-shaped cross section extending along the downward slope, and
• the cleaning liquid spreading portion has formed thereon a pair of ribs spreading in a fan shape from the cleaning liquid catching portion toward the waste ink catching portion.