Patent ID: 8109601
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a medium supporting member configured to support a print medium, said medium supporting member having a predetermined width in a left-right direction; a print head disposed to face said medium supporting member in a vertical direction, said print head having nozzles for ejecting ink droplets downward, said print head being configured to freely reciprocate above said medium supporting member in the left-right direction; and a maintenance device disposed to face a lower surface of said print head when said print head is in a first position at one end of a reciprocating movement of said print head, said maintenance device being configured to receive residual ink ejected from said nozzles when said print head is in the first position, wherein said printer is configured to print on the print medium by ejecting printing ink droplets from said nozzles to the print medium while reciprocating said print head, and wherein said maintenance device includes: wherein said liquid injection member is configured to pivot from a first orientation where an outlet of said liquid injection member is above an opening of said ink receiving chamber to a second orientation where said outlet is not above said opening.