Patent ID: 7328968

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 having— (i) a capping member associated with the at least one printhead, the capping member having a length corresponding substantially to that of the at least one printhead and being located in a non-capping position adjacent the at least one printhead, (ii) purging means associated with the capping member and arranged to receive material that is purged from the nozzle environment of the at least one printhead, (iii) an actuating mechanism arranged to move the printhead in an arcuate first direction from a first position to a second position and to move the capping member in an arcuate second direction opposite to that of the first direction to effect nozzle capping engagement with the printhead when the printhead is in the second position, wherein the capping member when the non-capping position is located in spaced-apart confronting relationship to the printhead.