To prevent deposition of liquid mist and prevent upsizing of an apparatus in a conveying direction.

An inkjet printer includes: an inkjet head 1A configured to eject a black ink; three inkjet heads 1B disposed upstream of the head 1A and configured to eject color inks; a pre-coating head 2 disposed upstream of the four inkjet heads 1A and 1B; a head lifting mechanism configured to move the heads 1 and 2 between a printing position and a retraction position; and a control part. The control part controls the head lifting mechanism to move the three inkjet heads 1B configured to eject the color inks from the printing position to the retraction position when monochrome printing is conducted on the paper.