PRINTING APPARATUS AND CLEANING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME
The present invention is directed to a printing apparatus including: a printing head including at least one or more nozzle blocks each having a nozzle opening plane from which ink is discharged downward; and a maintenance part including a maintenance member for maintenance on the nozzle opening plan...
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Zusammenfassung: | The present invention is directed to a printing apparatus including: a printing head including at least one or more nozzle blocks each having a nozzle opening plane from which ink is discharged downward; and a maintenance part including a maintenance member for maintenance on the nozzle opening plane from below the printing head, especially, relates to a technique for cleaning the maintenance member. A cleaning execution unit is mounted on the printing head in such a manner as to face the maintenance member from above. During a cleaning process, the cleaning execution unit is moved up and down integrally with the printing head in the vertical direction relative to the maintenance member to come into contact with the top of the cleaning target site. By doing so, the top of the cleaning target site is cleaned. |
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