Liquid ink printer including a maintenance system

A liquid ink printer forming images on a recording medium, comprising:

• a liquid ink printhead movable between a printing position and a maintenance position;
• a maintenance arrangement, located at the maintenance position, including a driver, a first mechanism, and a second mechanism, said driver coupled to said first mechanism and to said second mechanism and including a single member coupled to said first mechanism and to said second mechanism, said driver being adapted to actuate one of either of said first mechanism or said second mechanism during movement thereof, said driver moving in a first direction to actuate said first mechanism and moving in a second direction to actuate said second mechanism;
• a cap member, said cap member being adapted to cap said liquid ink printhead in the maintenance position in response to movement of said first mechanism;
• and
• a cleaning member being adapted to clean said liquid ink printhead in response to movement of said first mechanism, said cleaning member including a vacuum applicator coupled to said second mechanism, applying a vacuum to said printhead, wherein said cleaning member comprises a fluid applicator applying a fluid to said liquid ink printhead.