Patent ID: 9623663
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a platen having a supporting surface configured to support a recording medium; a liquid droplet jetting head having a nozzle surface on which nozzles are open, and configured to jet liquid droplets from the nozzles with the nozzle surface facing the platen in a first direction orthogonal to the nozzle surface; a head moving unit connected to the liquid droplet jetting head to move the liquid droplet jetting head in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a wiper configured to wipe the nozzle surface; and a wiper moving mechanism connected to the wiper, and configured to move the wiper, by transmitting the motive power from a driving source to the wiper, between a wiping position at which the wiper wipes the nozzle surface and a retracted position at which the wiper is separated from the nozzle surface in the first direction in a state of being inclined with respect to the first direction, such that an inclination angle of the wiper with respect to the first direction at the retracted position is greater than an inclination angle of the wiper with respect to the first direction at the wiping position; wherein, in a state that the wiper is positioned at the retracted position, the wiper is positioned below the supporting surface to overlap with the platen in the first direction.