Patent ID: 6890056

Claim:
An inkjet printing system, comprising: a print cartridge support structure for holding one or more print cartridges in a stationary position while applying ink on a media; a printhead on each of said print cartridges, said printhead having nozzles for ejecting ink arranged in a nozzle array of one or more columns of nozzles; a media movement mechanism for providing movement of the media through a print zone located beneath said nozzle array; a printhead servicing station located outside of said print zone, said servicing station having one or more servicing modules dedicated for interaction with one of said nozzle arrays when said one of said nozzle arrays is positioned in aligned proximity with its dedicated servicing module; and a motorized device coupled to said print cartridge support structure for linearly moving the print cartridge support structure out of the print zone to said service station during a period when said print cartridges are not applying ink to said media.