Patent ID: 8632158

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: two line-type heads, each of which extends along a main scanning direction and includes an ejection surface having a plurality of ejection ports for ejecting liquid to a recording medium, wherein the two heads are arranged in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction; and two covers provided for the two heads, respectively, and each of the covers being movable relative the corresponding head between a protection position where the cover covers the ejection surface of the corresponding head and a retraction position where the cover does not cover the ejection surface of the corresponding head, wherein each of the heads includes a first side close to a head other than the corresponding head and a second side away from the head other than the corresponding head, and wherein the retraction position of each of the covers is located at the second side of the corresponding head such that the two heads are disposed between the two covers in the sub-scanning direction.