Patent ID: 7284819

Claim:
A printer comprising: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having— (i) at least one pagewidth printhead and (ii) a plurality of nozzles located along the at least one printhead and arranged in use to deliver ink onto print media as it is transported past the at least one printhead, and (b) a capping/purging mechanism associated with the at least one print head and comprising— (i) a rotatable turret having a longitudinal length corresponding substantially to that of the at least one printhead, (ii) a longitudinally extending capping member and longitudinally extending platen carried by the turret, (iii) a purging chamber carried by the turret and connected in fluid passage communication with a suction device, (iv) a first actuating mechanism arranged to effect rotation of the turret selectively to position the capping member, the platen or the purging chamber in alignment with the nozzles of the at least one printhead, and (v) a second actuating mechanism arranged to effect movement of the turret whereby an aligned one of the capping member and the purging chamber is selectively positioned in engagement with the at least one printhead.