Vorrichtung und Verfahren für einen Wischkantenreiniger für einen Tintenstrahldruckkopf mit fest angeordneter Rinne

A self-cleaning printer system (400) with cleaning liquid supply and wiper blade assembly (132) and method of assembling a self-cleaning printer. The printer system (400) comprises a print head (16) defining a plurality of ink channels therein, each ink channel terminating in an ink ejection nozzle (25). The print head (16) also has a surface (15) thereon surrounding all the nozzles (25). Contaminant may reside on the surface and also may completely or partially obstruct the nozzle (25). Therefore, a wiper blade assembly (32) is disposed relative to the surface (15) and/or nozzle (25) for directing a flow of cleaning liquid along the surface (15) and/or across the nozzle (25) and to direct sliding contact of a wiper blade (195) to clean the contaminant from the surface (15) and/or nozzle (25). The wiper blade assembly (32) is configured to introduce cleaning liquid to the print head surface (15) to facilitate and augment cleaning by the wiper blade (190). In addition, the wiper blade (190) is combined with channels for delivery of cleaning liquid and vacuum suction (250) and (260), respectively, to remove cleaning liquid.