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US 2012/0056934 A1Published application
Printer having printhead purging members
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsNorman Micheal Berry, Akira Nakazawa, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A printer is provided having duplex printheads arranged in a printing position on opposite sides of a print media path, two purging members each inclined at a predetermined angle to the print media path, tubes connecting the purging members with a suction pump, and a displacement mechanism configured to displace the printheads between the printing position and a purging position at which the printheads are located at the predetermined angle adjacent the purging members.
Claims7
A printer comprising:
- duplex printheads arranged in a printing position on opposite sides of a print media path;
- two purging members each inclined at a predetermined angle to the print media path;
- tubes connecting the purging members with a suction pump;
- and
- a displacement mechanism configured to displace the printheads between the printing position and a purging position at which the printheads are located at the predetermined angle adjacent the purging members.
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