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(57) [Problem] To provide an ink jet recording apparatus for efficiently removing unnecessary ink attached to a nozzle surface of a recording head from the nozzle surface. SOLUTION: In an ink jet recording apparatus which performs printing by ejecting ink droplets, a recording head 7 having a nozzle formed thereon, a wiper member 20 which contacts a nozzle surface of the recording head 7 to clean the nozzle surface, and the wiper Porous member 21 absorbing unnecessary ink attached to member 20 , And the porous member 21 is integrally formed with the wiper member 20. |