Method of maintaining printheads using wipers moving in opposite directions
AssigneeMemjet Technology Limited
InventorsAlejandro Campillo, Rajan Ramaswamy, Tinh Tran, David Lovelace
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Abstract
A method of wiping a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement across a width of a media feed path, each printhead having a respective wiper associated therewith. The wipers for neighboring printheads are moved in opposite directions with respect to each other.
Claims12
A method of wiping a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement across a width of a media feed path, each printhead having a respective wiper associated therewith, wherein the wipers for neighboring printheads are moved in opposite directions with respect to each other.
A modular printer comprising:
- a media feed path defining a media feed direction;
- a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement so as to extend across a width of the media feed path;
- a plurality of wipers for wiping the plurality of printheads, each printhead having a respective wiper associated therewith
- wherein:
- the wipers for neighboring printheads are configured to move in opposite directions relative to each other during wiping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.