Hewlett-Packard Company

Cher Lek Toh

Joo Beng Koh

Fernando Pardo

Seng San Koh

Yang Lee

James Choe

Peter Brandenburg

Mark Westcott

Kan Min Liew

Mu Hua Huang

Teck Cheng Tan

The invention relates to a service station for an inkjet printer. The service station includes at least one cap for capping a printhead which is mounted on an inkjet carriage of the inkjet printer. The service station also includes at least one wiper arranged to wipe said printhead carried by the inkjet carriage. The wiper is arranged to move towards and away from the printhead in response to movement of the inkjet carriage so as to enable the printhead to be wiped of any residual ink.

Service station for an inkjet printer

Printer

An indicator for continuously indicating the status of a media stack in a media tray is disclosed. This indicator functions independently of a media stack support in a printer. The indicator includes an indicator lever and a probe member. The indicator lever is pivotably mounted and can be tilted between two predetermined extreme positions. The probe member has a shaft which is also pivotably mounted. An engaging arm extends from the shaft. In operation, the shaft is tilted according to the status of the media stack in the media tray. As the shaft is tilted, the engaging arm engages the indicator lever, tilting the indicator lever to a position between the two extreme positions to indicate the status of the media stack.

Media stack status indicator

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