Patent ID: 8118394
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A droplet ejecting device comprising: a plurality of droplet ejecting heads that eject droplets; a transporting body, disposed to face nozzle surfaces of the droplet ejecting heads, that transports a recording medium; a head holding member that holds the droplet ejecting heads movably along droplet ejecting directions respectively; a horizontal moving unit that moves the head holding member horizontally so as to be able to withdraw the droplet ejecting heads from positions at which the droplet ejecting heads face the transporting body; cleaning units that respectively contact the nozzle surfaces of the droplet ejecting heads being moved horizontally by the horizontal moving unit, and clean the nozzle surfaces; and capping units that are respectively configured to attach to the nozzle surfaces of the droplet ejecting heads that are withdrawn by the horizontal moving unit from the positions at which the droplet ejecting heads face the transporting body; wherein the droplet ejecting heads move to: a recording height at which the droplet ejecting heads elect droplets onto the recording medium on the transporting body; a cleaning height at which the nozzle surfaces of the droplet ejecting heads contact the cleaning units and the cleaning units clean the nozzle surfaces when the droplet ejecting heads are moved horizontally by the horizontal moving unit; an attached height at which the nozzle surfaces of the droplet ejecting heads are attached to the capping units; and a withdrawn height at which the droplet ejecting heads do not contact the cleaning units when the droplet ejecting heads are moved horizontally by the horizontal moving unit, the heights being set such that the recording height<the attached height<the cleaning height<the withdrawn height.