PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION
    4.
    发明公开
    PRINTHEAD MAINTENANCE STATION 有权
    HEAD维修站

    公开(公告)号:EP1934053A4

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-07

    申请号:EP05791390

    申请日:2005-10-10

    IPC分类号: B41J2/165

    CPC分类号: B41J2/16535 B41J2/16505

    摘要: A printhead maintenance station (20) for maintaining a printhead (5) in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance station (20) comprises an elastically deformable pad (6) having a contact surface (7) for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face (8) of the printhead (5). The maintenance station (20) also comprises engagement mechanism (25) for moving the pad (6) between a first position in which the contact surface (7) is sealingly engaged with the face (8), and a second position in which the contact surface (7) is disengaged from the fac (8). The maintenance station (20) is configured such that the contact surface (7) is progressively contacted with the face (8) during sealing engagement and peeled away from the face (8) during disengagement.