A recording medium feed mechanism and maintenance mechanism, having a common drive source, for an ink jet printer

An ink jet printer having a recording head for jetting ink against a recording medium located in a print area, comprising:

• a pair of side frames,
• a driving source mounted to a first side frame of said pair of side frame;
• a roller for carrying the recording medium to pass a portion opposed to said recording head;
• said pair of side frames for rotatably supporting both ends of said roller;
• a carrying driving-force transmission mechanism provided on a first side frame of said pair of side frames to transmit a driving force from said driving source to said roller;
• a maintenance means for performing maintenance of said recording head, said maintenance means is arranged adjacent a side of said second side frame facing away from the print area;
• a maintenance driving-force transmission mechanism provided on a second side frame of said pair of side frames to transmit the driving force from said driving source to said maintenance means;
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• a transmission means for transmitting the driving force from said roller to said maintenance driving-force transmission mechanism, wherein said maintenance driving-force transmission mechanism is arranged on a side of said second side frame facing toward the print are.