Patent ID: 8398205

Claim:
A wiping device for an inkjet printer, comprising: a wiper mount movable between a wiping position and a non-wiping position; a slider coupled to the wiper mount, the slider translatable between a retracted position and a deployed position, and wherein a first translation of the slider to the deployed position causes the wiper mount to move into the wiping position; a trigger, operable between a cocked position and an un-cocked position, that, in the cocked position, locks the wiper mount in the wiping position, wherein when the trigger is actuated, the trigger moves to the un-cocked position and the wiper mount moves to the non-wiping position; and logic to control actuation and non-actuation of the trigger, wherein the logic determines to actuate or not actuate the trigger in response to a print head assembly of the inkjet printer being removed from a cap.