Inkjet printing apparatus with wiper for inkjet head

An inkjet printing apparatus comprising:

• a print bar unit movable in a first direction intersecting a conveyance direction of a print medium, the print bar unit including:
• a print bar being liftable and lowerable in a second direction intersecting the conveyance direction and the first direction and having an inkjet head configured to eject an ink to the print medium being conveyed,
• a maintainer having an ink receiver configured to receive the ink from the inkjet head and a wiper fixed to the ink receiver, and
• a movement driver configured to move the maintainer between a deployment position and a retreat position, the deployment position being a position under the inkjet head in maintenance of the inkjet head in the second direction, the retreat position being a position where the maintainer is retreated from the deployment position in the first direction;
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• a controller configured to control the print bar unit,
• wherein, upon maintenance of the inkjet head, the controller is configured to drive the movement driver to move the maintainer from the deployment position to the retreat position with the print bar arranged at a maintenance position above a height position for printing in the second direction while wiping a nozzle surface of the inkjet head with the wiper of the maintainer being moved in the first direction.