Inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording head having an ink ejection face having a nozzle open therein through which to eject ink to a recording medium;
• a cleaning liquid supplying device that supplies cleaning liquid to the ink ejection face;
• a wiping unit that has a blade that cleans the ink ejection face;
• and
• a control portion that controls operation of the recording head, the cleaning liquid supplying device, and the wiping unit,
• wherein
• the control portion is operable to perform cleaning operation to clean the ink ejection face through a combination of:
• first wiping operation where only the ink is ejected to the ink ejection face, or the ink is ejected to and in addition the cleaning liquid is supplied to the ink ejection face, to be wiped off by the blade;
• and
• second wiping operation where only the cleaning liquid is supplied to the ink ejection face to be wiped off by the blade, and,
• in the cleaning operation,
• control proceeds so as to perform the first wiping operation followed by the second wiping operation performed last to thereby complete the cleaning operation,
• a wiping speed in the first wiping operation is equal to or more than a wiping speed in the second wiping operation, and
• a wiping speed Wc [mm/s] for the cleaning liquid in the last, second wiping operation in the cleaning operation relative to a viscosity Vc [mPa·s] of the cleaning liquid is a speed that satisfies formula (1) below:
• log
• ⁢
• Vc
• ≥
• (
• -
• 4
• ×
• Wc
• +
• 6
• ⁢
• 70
• )
• /
• 1000.
• (
• 1
• )