Patent ID: 9227412
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A maintenance system for a printhead array comprising: a pair of tracks disposed in parallel and on opposite sides of the printhead array; a shaft extending between the pair of tracks and configured to engage with each track of the pair of tracks and to move along the pair of tracks; a plurality of maintenance modules mounted in series along the shaft between the pair of tracks and configured to move along the pair of tracks with the shaft to perform maintenance operations on a plurality of printheads of the printhead array, the pair of tracks being configured to guide the shaft and the plurality of maintenance modules along a path from a resting position to an operating position the printhead array and from which at least one of the plurality of maintenance modules performs a maintenance operation on at least one printhead of the printhead array; and an actuator configured to move the shaft along the pair of tracks.