A platen protector for a printer device has a protector blanket to cover a printer platen of the printer device to prevent from causing scratches on print media by the printer platen. The platen protector has a fixing system to fixate the platen protector relative to the printer platen. The protector blanket is porous to pass through vacuum applied by the printer platen to attract print media.

There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of stably outputting high quality images in a configuration of feeding a print medium that is kept horizontal, performing printing by the use of a print head, and conveying the print medium vertically upward. To this purpose, a platen that supports the back side of the print medium in a position facing a printing part of the print head is located to support the print medium at an angle greater than 0 and less than 90 with respect to the horizontal direction, thereby reducing a contact pressure from roller pairs on the printed side immediately after printing.

There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of stably outputting high quality images in a configuration of feeding a print medium that is kept horizontal, performing printing by the use of a print head, and conveying the print medium vertically upward. To this purpose, a platen that supports the back side of the print medium in a position facing a printing part of the print head is located to support the print medium at an angle greater than 0 and less than 90 with respect to the horizontal direction, thereby reducing a contact pressure from roller pairs on the printed side immediately after printing.