Abstract:
A recovery system for a recording head according to the present disclosure includes a wiper, a drive mechanism, and a control portion. The control portion is able to execute a recovery operation for the recording head that includes an ink pushing-out operation that forcibly pushes out ink, a first wiping operation that moves the wiper in a first direction to wipe away purged ink, and a second wiping operation that moves the wiper in a direction opposite to the first direction to wipe away remaining ink. The wiper includes a first wiping surface disposed to face in the first direction, a second wiping surface disposed to face in a direction opposite to the first direction, and an upper surface. The first wiping surface and the upper surface have a high water repellency compared with the second wiping surface.
Abstract:
In an inkjet recording apparatus, when one set of image data is divided in the sub scanning direction into A bands, and nozzles are divided in the main scanning direction into groups each comprising A nozzles, a selector associates, within each of the group, the nozzles in the first to Ath columns with the first to Ath bands with no overlap, and, for a nozzle that is to discharge ink for one pixel or less within one set of image data, makes the nozzle perform preparatory discharge in the band associated with the nozzle by selecting, out of different ink discharge drive waveforms, a first drive waveform (1) corresponding to the minimum gradation.