Ink jet recording apparatus comprising mechanism for conveying sheet-like cleaning medium to a recording region, discharge recovery treatment method employed in the same, and cleaning sheet also employed in the same
US4947190A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00531
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a non-contact print mode in which a medium to be recorded is conveyed to a region in which printing can be performed and is subjected to recording by discharging ink in a non-contact manner from a recording head confronting the medium at a predetermined interval; and a contact cleaning mode in which a cleaning sheet which has been conveyed into the region in which printing can be performed by using at least a part of a conveyance route for the medium is brought into contact with the recording head and then discharged from the region in which printing can be performed.
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