Patent ID: 7399055

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a head including an ink ejection surface that ejects ink; a cap capable of moving to come into contact with the ink ejection surface of the head, the cap includes an ink outflow channel where the ink ejected from the head flows out to external due to weight of the ink; a primary recovery portion that allows the ink flowing out from the cap through the ink outflow channel to flow into the primary recovery portion to recover the ink, the primary recovery portion being configured to move together with the cap; and a secondary recovery portion including an ink absorber, which draws and absorbs the ink due to a capillary phenomenon from the primary recovery portion by contacting the ink absorber to the primary recovery portion to recover the ink, wherein the primary recovery portion is movable between a position where the primary recovery portion contacts the ink absorber and a position where the primary recovery position is separated from the ink absorber.