Ink jet printer including wiper to wipe nozzle surface and wiper cleaner to clean wiper

A printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is provided, a wiper extending upward to wipe the nozzle surface, a wiper mover to move the wiper in a sub-scanning direction, a wiper cleaner disposed downstream of a carriage and extending downward to remove ink adhering t...

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Hauptverfasser:	Sugiyama, Yuichi, Kubo, Masato, Shinomiya, Bunji
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME LINING MACHINES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRINTING SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS STAMPS TRANSPORTING TYPEWRITERS
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Zusammenfassung:	A printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is provided, a wiper extending upward to wipe the nozzle surface, a wiper mover to move the wiper in a sub-scanning direction, a wiper cleaner disposed downstream of a carriage and extending downward to remove ink adhering to the wiper, and a controller configured or programmed to control the wiper mover. The controller is configured or programmed to control the wiper mover such that the nozzle surface is wiped by the wiper after bringing the wiper into contact with the wiper cleaner or to bring the wiper into contact with the wiper cleaner after wiping the nozzle surface by the wiper.