A printing apparatus includes a printing unit with an ejection port surface, on which is formed an ejection port array with a plurality of ejection ports that ejects ink, a wiping unit with a wiping member for wiping a predetermined area including the ejection port array, and to wipe the predetermined area by relative movement with the printing unit, an application unit to apply a wiping liquid for re-dispersing the ink, and a control unit to control the application unit to apply the wiping liquid to a wiping area, according to an amount of ink adhering to the wiping member. The application unit applies a first amount of the wiping liquid to the wiping area when the adhesion amount is a first amount, and applies a second amount, less than the first, to the wiping area when the adhesion amount is a second adhesion amount, less than the first.

An inkjet printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface with nozzles, and an attachment portion to enable attachment or detachment of an ink refill container storing ink to be ejected from the nozzles or a washing liquid refill container storing a washing liquid usable to wash the nozzle surface. The attachment portion includes a housing to accommodate the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container, a connection portion provided inside the housing and connectable with the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container, and a tray provided in the housing and below the connection portion.

A liquid ejecting device includes an ejecting unit including a nozzle surface where a nozzle opens, a cap unit that performs capping, a wiper unit that performs wiping, and a cleaning unit that is attached to the ejecting unit, and performs cleaning on the wiper unit, wherein the wiper unit includes a wiping section that moves in one direction, the wiping section includes a wiper that comes into contact with the nozzle surface, the cleaning unit includes a cleaner that performs the cleaning on the wiper, the cap unit comes into contact with the ejecting unit by the ejecting unit approaching the cap unit in a perpendicular direction of the nozzle surface, a position of the cleaner in the perpendicular direction overlaps a position of the wiper in the perpendicular direction during the capping, and does not overlap the position of the wiper in the perpendicular direction during the wiping.

A maintenance method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a maintenance method for a recording apparatus including an ink jet head having a nozzle that ejects a water-based ink composition, the maintenance method including a leaving-to-stand step of performing leaving-to-stand with a nozzle surface in which the nozzle of the ink jet head is formed being in contact with an absorbing member containing a maintenance liquid.

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a wiper carriage 59, and a pressurizing mechanism 60 disposed in a liquid supply path 73 via which a liquid from the liquid storage portion 101 is supplied to an ejection head 20H. The wiper carriage 59 has a wiper 58, which is an example of a maintenance portion. The pressurizing mechanism 60 includes a liquid storage chamber 63 that forms a portion of the liquid supply path 73 and a diaphragm 62, which is an example of a deforming member configured to be deformed to change the volume of the liquid storage chamber 63. The wiper carriage 59 causes the liquid in a nozzle 20N of the ejection head 20H communicating with the liquid storage chamber 63 to flow in a discharge direction by pressing the diaphragm 62 at the pressurized position to pressurize the liquid storage chamber 63.