Roland Dg Corporation

Hiroshi Okuno

Naoki Ueda

Yuichi Sugiyama

Youichirou Ogawa

Hideki Yagi

An adhering ink absorption mechanism for a wiper cleaner that facilitates mounting of an ink absorber and replacement of the ink absorber, includes an ink absorber to absorb ink adhering to a wiper by being brought into contact with the wiper, and an ink absorber supporting portion to support the ink absorber at an upper position of the wiper in a state where a contact region with the wiper is released to enable the wiper to be brought into contact with the ink absorber from below by a lifting operation. The ink absorber has a flat plate shape, and includes a placed portion placed on and supported by the ink absorber supporting portion, and an extension region portion bent at an edge of the placed portion and extending downward.

Adhering ink absorption mechanism for wiper cleaner

A printer includes a first ink head including first nozzles arranged in a sub-scanning direction and a first nozzle surface on which the first nozzles are disposed, a second ink head disposed at a side of the first ink head in a main scanning direction and including second nozzles arranged in the sub-scanning direction and disposed partially at a position identical to a position of a portion of the first nozzles in the sub-scanning direction and a second nozzle surface on which the second nozzles are disposed, a first wiper that wipes the first nozzle surface at a first wiping position, and a second wiper that wipes the second nozzle surface at a second wiping position.

Ink jet printer

A printer includes ink heads, an ink head conveyor, caps, a conveyor, suction pumps, opening passages, suction passages, and cap valves. The suction pumps are each provided for an associated one of the caps. The suction passages each connect an associated one of the caps to an associated one of the suction pumps. The conveyorincludes a base, a movable table, a guide wall, and a spring. The movable table supports the caps and includes a table wall extending upward from an end of the movable table facing in a first direction extending to a cap attaching position in a main scanning direction. The cap valves are disposed on a surface of the table wall facing in the first direction.

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Hamamatsu, Japan

Hiroshi Okuno