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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2003
Hideo Uwagaki, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoichi Kawai, Nara, JP;
Hideo Uwagaki, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoichi Kawai, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A printer apparatus in which its apparatus main body's width dimension can be minimized, by achieving compact housing of a maintenance station for performing maintenance operations with effective use of the space existing at both ends of a printing region. There are maintenance stations separately arranged as left- and right-hand portions at both ends outside the printing region. The maintenance station provides: a capping mode for capping a nozzle of the printing head; a wiping mode for wiping the nozzle of the printing head; and an ink spitting mode for preventing clogging of the nozzle of the printing head, and also the maintenance station includes a waste ink collecting bath for collecting ink discharged during the ink spitting mode.