Cleaning apparatus for a recording head includes a liquid application head to apply a liquid to a nozzle formation surface of the recording head

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium. The cleaning apparatus includes a liquid application head configured to apply a liquid to a nozzle formation surface of the recording head and a liquid removal unit configured to remove the liquid from the nozzle formation surface, wherein the liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and having a first surface on an upstream side in a liquid application direction, a second surface crossing the first surface, and a third surface on a downstream side in the liquid application direction, the first surface and the second surface contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween.

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