Patent ID: 8128193

Claim:
A printer comprising: a carriage with a first print head and a second print head mounted thereon moving reciprocally, the first print head and the second print head having nozzles for discharging ink toward a print medium, respectively; a first cap for capping the first print head or the second print head to suction ink from the first print head or the second print head, the first cap being connected to a pump to generate a negative pressure in the first cap; a second cap for capping the second print head, the second cap being not connected to the pump; a slider moving together with the carriage, the first cap and the second cap being disposed on the slider; a first contact portion provided on the slider to contact the carriage, the carriage moving in a condition that the carriage is in contact with the first contact portion, thereby the carriage moving to a first position where the first print head is capped with the first cap and the second print head is capped with the second cap; and a second contact portion provided on the slider and movable between a first position where the second contact portion is contactable with the carriage and a second position where the second contact portion is not contactable with the carriage, the carriage moving in a condition that the carriage is in contact with the second contact portion, thereby the carriage moving to a second position where the second print head is capped with the first cap and the first print head is not capped.