Inkjet recording apparatus and control method for wiping unit
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsuyoshi Ibe, Masaya Uetsuki, Toshimitsu Danzuka, Masataka Kato, Asako Tomida, Hiroaki Komatsu
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Abstract
While a wiping operation for keeping a satisfactory ejection opening surface of an inkjet recording head is performed, a usage amount of a sheet-like member is to be reduced. A contamination state of a wiping area after the wiping operation is determined, and a timing of reeling the sheet-like member in a wiping unit is controlled in accordance with a determination result of the contamination state.
Claims13
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- an inkjet recording head including an ejection opening surface from which ink is ejected;
- a wiping unit configured to wipe the ejection opening surface;
- a changing unit configured to perform a changing operation for changing a wiping area of the wiping unit;
- a determination unit configured to determine a contamination state of the wiping area;
- and
- a control unit configured to cause the changing unit to perform the changing operation on the basis of a determination result of the determination unit.
A control method for a wiping unit in an inkjet recording apparatus that includes an inkjet recording head including an ejection opening surface from which ink is ejected and the wiping unit configured to wipe the ejection opening surface, the control method comprising:
- wiping the ejection opening surface by the wiping unit;
- determining on a contamination state of a wiping area of the wiping unit;
- and
- changing the wiping area of the wiping unit on the basis of a determination result in the determining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.