Patent ID: 7182425
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer in which printing is carried out by reciprocating a carriage carrying two printing heads along a main scanning direction, comprising: maintenance mechanisms each including a wiper for wiping a nozzle of the printing head in a part of a range of reciprocation of the carriage, the wipers are respectively arranged at both ends of the range of reciprocation of the carriage, the ends being outside a printing region, wherein, the maintenance mechanisms, which are respectively arranged at the both ends of the range of reciprocation of the carriage, are driven by a cam attached to a single cam shaft, and the cam shaft is rotationally driven, wherein the maintenance mechanism includes, a cap for sealing the nozzle; a cap for holding member for holding the cap; a cam; a cam shaft to which the cam is attached; and a pair of first urging means for urging the cap holding member into abutment with the cam, wherein, the pair of first urging means are arranged at places on one of the diagonal lines of the cap holding member as equally-spaced on both sides of the cam shaft.