Printhead maintenance station with pad cleaning action

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2005-10-11

2008-11-11

Hsieh, Shih-wen (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S032000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07448723

ABSTRACT:
A printhead maintenance station for maintaining a printhead in an operable condition is provided. The maintenance station comprises an elastically deformable pad having a contact surface for sealing engagement with an ink ejection face of the printhead. The maintenance station also comprises an engagement mechanism for moving said pad between a first position in which the contact surface is sealingly engaged with the face, a second position in which the contact surface is disengaged from the face, and a third position in which the contact surface is engaged with a pad cleaner.

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