Digital printing device with integrated ink collection device

A digital printing device, comprising:

• a fixed frame;
• a support portion;
• at least two printing modules that are fixedly attached to said support portion and equipped with at least one print head, whose nozzle plate faces, in use, a printing area underlying the printing module;
• each printing module having a respective collection member so shaped at the top as to define a collection tank;
• wherein said digital printing device is arranged to print onto a printing medium that is relatively movable with respect to the fixed frame through said printing area in an advancement direction;
• wherein said printing modules are subsequently aligned along the advancement direction;
• wherein said collection members and said printing modules are relatively movable with respect to each other so as to be able to take at least two alternative configurations, among which:
• at least one collection configuration, wherein each collection member is located below the nozzle plate of the respective printing module, the collection tank being arranged to collect liquids dropping therefrom;
• and
• a printing configuration in which each collection member is shifted, toward a same side along the advancement direction, with respect to its respective printing module, so that each collection member is side by side along said advancement direction with a lower portion of the printing module, above the plane on which the nozzle plate lies, each collection member except a last one being thus housed in a recess obtained between its respective printing module and a following printing module.