Patent ID: 7311377

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a recording head that includes an ejection surface in which a plurality of ejection ports for ejecting ink are defined, wherein the ejection surface faces a medium transport path; a spacer that is disposed in a periphery of the recording head and includes a facing surface, which faces the medium transport path and an opposite surface opposite to the facing surface; a wiping member that wipes the ejection surface; a first ink absorbing member that is disposed in a gap between the ejection surface and the spacer and absorbs ink flowing into the gap between the recording head and the spacer when the wiping member wipes the ejection surface; an ink releasing member that is connected to the first ink absorbing member and discharges the ink absorbed by the first ink absorbing member from the gap between the ejection surface and the spacer; and a fixing member that fixes the recording head to the spacer at a fixing position, wherein; at least one of the recording head and the spacer defines a placement groove at a position separate from the fixing position; the placement groove communicates a position where the first ink absorbing member is disposed with the opposite surface of the spacer; and the ink releasing member is disposed in the placement groove.