Patent ID: 6328412
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An inkjet printing mechanism, comprising:means for feeding a print media in a first direction;an inkjet printhead slideably mounted to the inkjet printer;means operatively coupled to the inkjet printhead for translating the inkjet printhead back and forth along a single second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction between a print zone where the inkjet printhead is disposed adjacent to the print media and a cleaning position;an inkjet service platform slideably mounted to the inkjet printer;means operatively coupled to the inkjet service platform for translating the inkjet service platform back and forth in at least a third direction and a fourth direction defining a plane, the plane being perpendicular to the single second direction and parallel to the first direction so that the inkjet service platform engages the inkjet printhead at the cleaning position; anda guide track mounted to the inkjet printing mechanism, wherein the inkjet service platform is slideably mounted to the inkjet printing mechanism via the guide track.