Patent ID: 7364260

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising a recording medium feeder ( 20 ) which feeds a recording medium (M), a printer ( 30 ) which carries out a printing for the fed recording medium (M) by ink discharged from a nozzle surface ( 34 a ) formed on a print head ( 31 ), and a cleaner ( 50 ) which cleans said nozzle surface ( 34 a ), wherein said cleaner ( 50 ) includes a wiper blade unit ( 70 ) which wipes said nozzle surface ( 34 a ) with a plurality of wiper blades ( 75 ), and a roller wiper unit ( 60 ) which absorbs ink on said nozzle surface ( 34 a ) by roller members ( 61 , 62 ) with ink absorbers ( 61 b , 62 b ), wherein said roller member ( 61 ) is formed with a gap on an area of said roller member through which a nozzle ( 34 b ) passes upon contacting said nozzle surface ( 34 a ).