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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
R.r. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Anthony V. Moscato, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
Jeffrey M. Sabin, West Seneca, NY (US);
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A printhead maintenance station to cleaning a nozzle plate of a printhead and a method of operating the printhead maintenance station are disclosed. The printhead maintenance station includes a wiper bar, a wiper secured to the wiper bar, a wiper cleaning assembly, and an actuator. The wiper is stored in the wiper cleaning assembly when not in use. The controller operates the actuator to rotate the wiper bar to move the wiper from the wiper cleaning assembly to a wiping position, and causes relative movement of the printhead maintenance station and the print unit to wipe the nozzle plate with the wiper.