Ink-jet recording apparatus

Details Ink-jet recording apparatus Ink-jet recording apparatus

2006-11-08

2010-06-15

Meier, Stephen D (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Ejector mechanism

Reexamination Certificate

active

07735959

ABSTRACT:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprises an ink-jet head, a wiper, a drive mechanism, and a wiping controller. The wiper wipes off ink adhering to an ink ejection face on which nozzle openings are formed. The wiping controller controls the drive mechanism so that the wiper, while kept in contact with the ink ejection face, moves relative to the ink-jet head in a wiping direction which is oriented from one end to the other end of the ink ejection face, and also so that the wiper becomes spaced apart from the ink ejection face at a point between a nozzle opening nearest to the other end and a changing position. The changing position is a position at which ink adhesivity changes to become larger along the wiping direction and provided between the other end and the nozzle opening nearest to the other end.

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European Search Report received in corresponding EP Application No. 06023051.

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