Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTaku Kudoh, Manabu Nonaka, Yasuhiro Kawashima
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, and a guide device configured to guide the printing unit to be drawn in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed. Thus, because the printing unit can be drawn out from the main body of the apparatus, maintenance work to the printing unit can be easily performed in a state that the printing unit has been drawn out from the apparatus.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a sheet in accordance with printing data;
- a head maintenance mechanism configured to maintain an operation function of the inkjet head, said head maintenance mechanism including a cleaner configured to clean a surface of the inkjet head;
- and
- a frame on which the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism are mounted, said frame being configured to withdraw the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism, and said frame including an opening through which the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism are exposed when the frame is in a withdrawn state in the image forming apparatus,
- wherein the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism are integrally attachable and detachable with each other from the image forming apparatus in a prescribed direction substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a sheet in accordance with printing data;
- a sheet conveying mechanism configured to convey the sheet through the inkjet head;
- a head maintenance mechanism configured to maintain an operation function of the inkjet head, said head maintenance mechanism including a cleaner configured to clean a surface of the inkjet head;
- and
- a frame on which the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism are mounted, said frame being configured to withdraw the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism, and said frame including an opening through which the inkjet head and the head maintenance mechanism are exposed when the frame is in a withdrawn state in the image forming apparatus.
- wherein the inkjet head, the head maintenance mechanism, and the sheet conveying mechanism are integrally attachable and detachable with each other from the image forming apparatus in a prescribed direction substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a sheet in accordance with printing data;
- and
- a frame, on which the inkjet head is mounted, including an opening on an upper side of said frame, wherein
- the frame is attachable and detachable from the image forming apparatus by withdrawing said frame in a direction substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction, and
- said inkjet head is exposed through the opening when the frame is in a withdrawn state in the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.