Liquid ejection apparatus

A liquid ejection apparatus, comprising:

• a liquid ejection unit that includes a nozzle formation surface, the nozzle formation surface having an opening of a nozzle for ejecting liquid formed therein;
• a wiper disposed so as to be capable of coming in contact with the nozzle formation surface;
• a transport member capable of relatively displacing the liquid ejection unit and the wiper in a wiping direction that extends along the nozzle formation surface;
• a controller that controls the transport member such that the wiper is relatively displaced from one end to other end of the nozzle formation surface in the wiping direction while the wiper is in contact with the nozzle formation surface;
• a liquid collection portion disposed on the other end side of the nozzle formation surface of the liquid ejection unit so as to be spaced apart from the nozzle formation surface in the wiping direction, the liquid collection portion being capable of collecting the liquid adhered to the wiper;
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• the liquid collection portion including:
• a scraper having a scraping surface that scrapes off the liquid adhered to the wiper by coming in contact with the wiper, and
• the liquid absorbing material that is disposed at a position that does not come in contact with the wiper and at a position that comes in contact with an end portion of the scraping surface,
• wherein the controller controls the transport member such that the wiper is relatively displaced from the one end towards the other end in the wiping direction while the wiper is in contact with the nozzle formation surface and such that the wiper is displaced past the scraper while a tip of the wiper and the scraping surface are capable of interfering with each other.