Patent ID: 7334864

Claim:
A printer comprising: (a) a pagewidth printhead assembly having— (i) two opposed pagewidth printheads and (ii) a plurality of nozzles located along each of the printheads and arranged in use to deliver ink onto print media as it is transported past the printheads, and (b) a capping mechanism having— (i) two capping members located adjacent respective ones of the printheads and having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printheads, (ii) first actuating mechanisms arranged to move the respective printheads in an arcuate first direction from a first to a second position and (iii) second actuating mechanisms arranged to move the capping members in an arcuate second direction opposite to that of the first direction to effect nozzle capping engagement of the respective printheads when the respective printheads are in the second position.