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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Kentaro Onuma, Irvine, CA (US);
Tadashi Hanabusa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Kanemitsu, Irvine, CA (US);
Kentaro Onuma, Irvine, CA (US);
Tadashi Hanabusa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Kanemitsu, Irvine, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing device for performing recording on a recording medium, the printing device comprising a carriage slidably mounted on the printing device in a lateral direction to scan the recording medium, and movable in a vertical direction to a plurality of predetermined distances above the recording medium during printing, a print head mounted on the carriage, the print head having a discharge surface with a discharge nozzle located therein, the discharge nozzle for ejecting ink on the recording medium, and a recovery mechanism for performing recovery of the print head when the carriage is positioned above the recovery mechanism, the recovery mechanism including a carriage lever to engage the carriage and move the carriage in the vertical direction to a predetermined position above the recovery mechanism.