Patent ID: 8425006
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first carriage having a recording head that ejects black liquid droplets and is movable in a main scanning direction; a second carriage having a recording head that ejects color liquid droplets and is detachably attachable to the first carriage to move in the main scanning direction together with the first carriage while attached to the first carriage; and a cap member that caps the recording head of the second carriage while the first carriage is moving with the second carriage separated from the first carriage, attachment and detachment of the second carriage to and from the first carriage being performed within a scanning range through which the first carriage is movable, wherein the second carriage is attached to and detached from the first carriage in a direction other than the main scanning direction.