Patent ID: 8262194

Claim:
Inkjet printer comprising: an inkjet printing head; a protective cap mobile between a position distanced from said printing head and a position in contact with said printing head in a service position; and a receptacle for the collection of ink ejected by said printing head, wherein said receptacle is mobile along a horizontal direction substantially parallel to the movement of said printing head in the relative printing area between a working position, facing said printing head in said service position, with said protective cap in said distanced position, and a rest position displaced with respect to said printing head and such as to allow the coupling in contact between said protective cap and said printing head in said service position; wherein said protective cap is operatively associated with a cleaning blade and selective moving mechanisms of said protective cap and of said cleaning blade with respect to said printing head are also provided, to move said protective cap between said distanced position and said position in contact with said printing head and to move said cleaning blade between a non-operative position and a cleaning position, wherein, in said cleaning position, said cleaning blade interferes with said printing head and said protective cap is in said distanced position from said printing head, and wherein said protective cap is in said position in contact with said printing head, whereas said receptacle is in said rest position.