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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for cleaning a carriage of an inkjet recording apparatus including a recording head configured to discharge ink to execute recording on a sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet, a carriage configured to mount the recording head thereon and to move in a main-scanning direction crossing to a sheet conveyance direction, and a height change mechanism configured to move the carriage in a height direction includes moving the carriage in the main-scanning direction to the outside of a sheet conveyance area of the conveyance unit, conveying a cleaning sheet, to which a fold is previously given, to a recording position, moving the carriage to a first height position via the height change mechanism, moving the carriage to the inside of the sheet conveyance area, moving the carriage to a second height position via the height change mechanism, and conveying the cleaning sheet via the conveyance unit.