Patent ID: 8919922

Claim:
A washing liquid supply mechanism provided in an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer including a carriage reciprocally movable in a main scanning direction between a first position at which printing is performed and a second position at which printing is not performed, an ink head including a bottom surface on which a inkjet nozzle is provided, the ink head being mounted on the carriage, a cap structured to fit below the ink head when the carriage is at the second position to protect the ink head nozzle, a wiper structured to fit below the ink head when the carriage is at the second position to wipe the bottom surface of the ink head, and a washing liquid tub that stores a washing liquid usable to wash the wiper and is located below the wiper, wherein the washing liquid supply mechanism supplies the washing liquid to the cap and the washing liquid tub, the washing liquid supply mechanism comprising: a washing liquid supply device including a supply opening that supplies the washing liquid, the washing liquid supply device being mounted on the carriage; an openable/closable shutter mounted on the carriage and connected to the supply opening of the washing liquid supply device; and a shutter open/close device that opens the shutter when the carriage moves from the first position to the second position and closes the shutter when the carriage moves from the second position to the first position.