Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

2006-03-01

2009-02-10

Hsieh, Shih-Wen (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

C347S223000, C347S032000, C347S035000

Reexamination Certificate

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07488050

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit, nozzles, a recording unit, a cap unit, a first moving mechanism, a first ink receiving unit and a second moving mechanism. The first moving mechanism reciprocates the cap unit between a capping position and a non-capping position apart. The first ink receiving unit includes an ink receiving region larger than a region that all the nozzles occupy. The second moving mechanism reciprocates the first ink receiving unit between an ink receiving position and an ink non-receiving position. When the first ink receiving unit is located at the ink non-receiving position, at least a part of the first ink receiving unit overlaps the cap unit located at the non-capping position. When the cap unit is located at the capping position, the first ink receiving unit is located at the ink receiving position and overlaps the entire cap unit.

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European Patent Office, European Search Report for Related EP Application No. 06251078 dated Aug. 1, 2006.

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