INKJET PRINT HEAD AND PURGE MECHANISM THEREFOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive purge mechanism which prevents leakage of ink during a purge operation. SOLUTION: An opening is provided at a vertical lowermost level of one orifice plate having a plurality of nozzle arrays; and an inkjet print head is equipped with a purge cap, whic...

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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive purge mechanism which prevents leakage of ink during a purge operation. SOLUTION: An opening is provided at a vertical lowermost level of one orifice plate having a plurality of nozzle arrays; and an inkjet print head is equipped with a purge cap, which serves as an elastic body and covers the nozzle arrays and the opening at the vertical lowermost level, and a suction means.