Patent ID: 7128389

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: an inkjet head including a plurality of nozzles that eject ink; a sealing member that covers a nozzle surface of the inkjet head; a conveyance unit including an endless conveyance belt that carries a recording medium in a conveyance direction substantially parallel to the nozzle surface; a first moving unit that moves the sealing member along an outer circumference of the conveyance belt between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is located above the conveyance belt and faces the nozzle surface of the inkjet head; and the second position is located under the conveyance belt; and a second moving unit that moves the conveyance belt between a conveyable position and a separate position, wherein the conveyable position is close to the nozzle surface of the inkjet head; and the separate position is separated from the nozzle surface; wherein when the conveyance belt is located at the conveyable position and the sealing member is located at the first position, the conveyance belt presses the sealing member toward the nozzle surface so that the sealing member covers the nozzle surface; and when the sealing member is located at the first position and the second moving unit moves the conveyance belt from the conveyable position to the separate position, the sealing member is separate from the nozzle surface.