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A maintenance method of an ink jet recording apparatus that performs recording of images on a recording medium using a non-aqueous ink, in which the ink jet recording apparatus includes a nozzle forming surface in which nozzles that discharge the non-aqueous ink are provided; and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, the method including wiping the nozzle forming surface with the wiping member using an impregnating solution, and in which the impregnating solution contains at least one organic solvent selected from a group consisting of compounds represented by the following General Formula (I), esters, and dibasic acid esters.

description='In-line Formulae' end='lead'R¹—O—(R²—O)_n—R³  (I)description='In-line Formulae' end='tail'

(in General Formula (I) shown above, R¹ represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R² represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R³ represents an aryl group or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 9).

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