Recording apparatus and method of foreign material removal thereof

A foreign material removal method of a recording medium of a recording device comprising a recording medium fixing member having a plurality of suction ports on a fixed surface of the recording medium, an adhering roller which cleans the fixed surface of a recording medium fixing member, a flexible plate which is attached onto the fixed surface of the recording medium fixing member, and a suction apparatus for recording medium fixing which sucks air from the suction port of the recording medium fixing member and sucks and fixes the flexible plate and the recording medium onto the recording medium fixing member, said foreign material removal method comprising:

• attaching the flexible plate onto the fixed surface of the recording medium fixing member, the flexible plate comprising a plurality of distributed holes;
• and
• cleaning the flexible plate using the adhering roller,
• wherein the plurality of distributed holes in the flexible plate coincide to a degree with the plurality of suction ports on the fixed surface of the recording medium fixing member such that suction from the suction apparatus is transmitted through the flexible plate to the recording medium.

A cleaning method of a recording medium having a length parallel to a main scanning direction, the cleaning method comprising:

• first removing foreign material on the recording medium surface, the first removing comprising:
• bringing a cleaning roller having an adhesion property into contact with the recording medium sucked and fixed on a surface of a recording medium fixing member, the cleaning roller being in contact at about a middle portion of the length of the recording medium, and
• relatively moving the cleaning roller in contact with the recording medium, in a first main scanning direction toward an end of the recording medium, and
• second removing foreign material on the recording medium surface, the second removing comprising:
• bringing the cleaning roller into contact with the recording medium sucked and fixed on the surface of recording medium fixing member, the cleaning roller being in contact at about the middle portion of the length of the recording medium, and
• relatively moving the cleaning roller in contact with the recording medium, in a second main scanning direction opposite to the first main scanning direction, toward another end of the recording medium.

A cleaning method of a recording medium having a length parallel to a main scanning direction, the cleaning method comprising:

• first removing foreign material on the recording medium surface, the first removing comprising:
• bringing a cleaning roller having an adhesion property into contact with the recording medium sucked and fixed on a surface of a recording medium fixing member, the cleaning roller being in contact at about a middle portion of the length of the recording medium,
• relatively moving the cleaning roller in contact with the recording medium, in a first main scanning direction toward an end of the recording medium to remove foreign material on the recording medium surface, and
• separating the cleaning roller from the recording medium fixing member surface, and
• second removing foreign material on the recording medium surface, the second removing comprising:
• bringing the cleaning roller into contact with the recording medium sucked and fixed on the surface of recording medium fixing member, the cleaning roller being in contact at about the middle portion of the length of the recording medium,
• relatively moving the cleaning roller in contact with the recording medium, in a second main scanning direction opposite to the first main scanning direction, toward another end of the recording medium, and
• separating the cleaning roller from the recording medium fixing member surface.

A cleaning method of a recording medium having a length parallel to a main scanning direction, the cleaning method comprising:

• first removing foreign material on the recording medium surface, the first removing comprising:
• bringing a cleaning roller having an adhesion property into contact with the recording medium sucked and fixed on a surface of a recording medium fixing member, the cleaning roller being in contact at about a middle portion of the length of the recording medium, and
• first relatively moving the cleaning roller in contact with the recording medium, in a first main scanning direction toward an end of the recording medium, and
• separating the cleaning roller from the recording medium fixing member surface, and
• second removing foreign material on the recording medium surface, the second removing comprising:
• bringing the cleaning roller into contact with the recording medium sucked and fixed on the surface of recording medium fixing member, the cleaning roller being in contact at about the middle portion of the length of the recording medium, and
• second relatively moving the cleaning roller in contact with the recording medium, in a reverse direction of the first relatively moving, and
• separating the cleaning roller from the recording medium fixing member surface.