Printer capable of controlling position of covering a nozzle of an ink cartridge
AssigneeQisda Corporation
InventorShr-How Huang
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Abstract
A printer capable of controlling position of covering a nozzle of an ink cartridge includes a housing, a shaft installed inside the housing, a carriage installed on the shaft in a sliding manner for carrying a first ink cartridge, a first cover for covering a nozzle of the first ink cartridge, and a means for determining type of the first ink cartridge and controlling stopping position of the carriage and the first cover after the first cover covers the nozzle of the first ink cartridge according to the type of the first ink cartridge.
Claims21
A printer capable of controlling position of a nozzle of an ink cartridge, the printer comprising:
- a housing;
- a shaft, installed in the housing;
- a carriage, installed on the shaft in a sliding manner, for carrying a first ink cartridge;
- a first cover for covering a nozzle of the first ink cartridge;
- and
- a means for determining a type of the first ink cartridge and controlling a stopping position of the carriage and the first cover after the first cover covers the nozzle of the first ink cartridge according to the type of the first ink cartridge.
The printer of claim 111 wherein the first elastic device and the second elastic device each is a spring respectively.
A method of controlling position of covering a nozzle of ink cartridge, the method comprising:
- determining type of a first ink cartridge;
- and
- controlling stopping position of the carriage of the first ink cartridge and the first cover after the first cover covers the nozzle of the first ink cartridge according to the type of the first ink cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.