INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS

Abstract: an inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink collection tray and a cleaning liquid feeding mechanism. when recovery operation for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium is performed, the ink collection tray is disposed opposite the recording head to collect ink pushed out onto the ink ejection surface of the recording head. the cleaning liquid feeding mechanism feeds a cleaning liquid for flushing off the ink onto the ink collection tray. the ink collection tray has a waste ink catching portion disposed opposite the ink ejection surface and a waste ink discharge portion disposed adjacent to the waste ink catching portion, and has a downward slope from the waste ink catching portion toward the waste ink discharge portion. the waste ink catching portion has formed in it a plurality of grooves with a v-shaped cross section extending along the downward slope.

Inventor(s): Yasutaka INUI, Yuko YANO, Shuhei KAWAMATA

CPC Classification: B41J2/1742 (characterised by ink handling {(cleaning by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof ; for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing )})

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