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<p>A maintenance device (32) for an ink-jet head having a head (12,136) substrate on a surface of which orifices for ejecting ink droplets are formed in a row. A maintenance device (32) includes a removal unit comprising a suction assembly (36,37) which is disposed in a position that faces the surface of the head substrate having the orifices formed thereon and does not come into contact with the head substrate, and which has formed therein, on a surface opposite the head substrate surface on which the orifices are formed, a first and second suction ports (38,39), each being slit-like and elongated in a direction parallel to an orifice array direction; and a suction pump (48) which draws air from inside the suction assembly.
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