Inkjet printer

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2007-07-03

2007-07-03

Hsieh, Shih-Wen (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S030000, C347S032000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10902814

ABSTRACT:
An inkjet printer includes a conveyance unit, a recording head, a sealing unit, and a carrier unit. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium in a conveyance direction. The recording head includes plural recording portions. Each recording portion has plural ejection ports for ejecting ink. The recording portions partially overlap each other if viewed in the conveyance direction, when the recording head is located at a recording position where the recording head performs record with respect to the recording medium. The sealing unit is disposed in a region outside the conveyance unit. The sealing unit includes plural sealing portions each of which seals the ejection ports of each recording portion. The sealing portions are arranged in the conveyance direction. The carrier unit carries the recording head in a carrying direction between a sealing position where each sealing portion faces the ejection ports of each recording portion and the recording position.

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Translation of Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-225842 mailed Aug. 1, 2006.

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