Patent ID: 7455384
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising: a table that transfers a workpiece in a first scan direction; a carriage that has a liquid discharging head for discharging liquid droplets on the workpiece, and moves along a guide member in a second scan direction; one or more maintainers that are used to perform maintenance such as cleaning of the liquid discharging head; and transfer units that transfers the maintainers to a standby position in which the maintainers does not interfere with the table to be scanned, and a maintenance position in which the maintenance of the liquid discharging head is performed, wherein when the maintainers are positioned at the standby position, at least a part of the maintainers is positioned in a workpiece maximum scanning range, which is a maximum moving range of the workpiece in the first scan direction during the scanning of the workpiece on the table, and when the maintainers are positioned at the maintenance position, at least a part of the maintainers is positioned in a workpiece maximum scanning range of the carriage in the second scan direction, which is a maximum moving range during the scanning of the carriage.