Printing apparatus and cleaning apparatus for the same

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing head including at least one or more nozzle blocks each having a nozzle opening plane configured to discharge ink downward;
• a maintenance part including a maintenance member configured to maintenance on the nozzle opening plane from below the printing head;
• a cleaner part including a cleaning execution unit configured to clean a cleaning target site that is located at a top of the maintenance member and mounted on the printing head in such a manner as to face the maintenance member from above;
• an elevating mechanism configured to move the printing head and the cleaner part integrally in a vertical direction relative to the maintenance member;
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• a controller configured to control the elevating mechanism in such a manner as to bring the cleaning execution unit into contact with a top of the cleaning target site during a cleaning process of cleaning the cleaning target site using the cleaning execution unit.