Printing unit with three printheads

A printing unit comprising:

• three elongate printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement for spanning across a media feed path, wherein a first printhead and a second printhead are longitudinally spaced apart and positioned in a row across the media feed path and a third printhead is offset from and overlaps with both the first and second printheads;
• three wipers for longitudinally wiping respective printheads in a direction perpendicular to a media feed direction, each wiper being parked at one longitudinal end of its respective printhead, wherein one of said wipers, in its parked position, is positioned in a space between the first and second printheads;
• wherein first and second wipers for wiping respective first and second printheads are movable in a same wiping direction;
• and
• a third wiper for wiping the third printhead is movable in an opposite wiping direction.