Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus

Abstract

An ink-jet recording apparatus has rollers, an endless conveyor belt, a conveyor belt driving mechanism, an ink-jet head, an absorber, a scraper, a supplier, and a supply controller. The endless conveyor belt spans the rollers. The conveyor belt driving mechanism rotates the rollers so as to move, in a predetermined conveyance direction, a record medium disposed on one surface of the conveyor belt. The ink-jet head has nozzles that eject ink to a record medium. The absorber absorbs cleaning fluid and applies the cleaning fluid to the one surface of the conveyor belt by coming into contact with the one surface of the conveyor belt. The scraper comes into contact with the one surface of the conveyor belt and scrapes the cleaning fluid attached to the one surface of the conveyor belt. The supplier supplies cleaning fluid to the absorber. The supply controller controls a supply of cleaning fluid from the supplier to the absorber, in such a manner that the supply controller, in response to a print command, makes the supplier supply cleaning fluid to the absorber for a first period of time before the conveyor belt driving mechanism rotates the rollers to make the conveyor belt start traveling.

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