Patent ID: 8733886

Claim:
An inkjet drawing apparatus comprising: a head module which holds a droplet jetting head provided with a nozzle for ejecting droplets, and is configured to be unmovable in a horizontal direction; a drawing table adapted to support a recording member on an upper surface, and which is configured to be movable in the horizontal direction, wherein the inkjet drawing apparatus executes a prescribed drawing by ejecting the droplets onto the recording member from the droplet jetting head; and a maintenance unit transfer mechanism which is configured to be movable within a prescribed region including a position just under the head module, transfers a maintenance unit for conducting a maintenance of the droplet jetting head toward the position just under the head module, and executes positioning of the maintenance unit with respect to the droplet jetting head, wherein the maintenance unit is provided at an end of the maintenance unit transfer mechanism configured with a robot arm which is movable in horizontal and vertical directions within the prescribed region including the position just under the head module.