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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Seiko I Infotech Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;
Hiroaki Kambe, Chiba, JP;
SEIKO I INFOTECH INC., , JP;
Abstract
An inkjet printer includes a print head that moves in a main scanning direction for ejecting ink from a nozzle, and a wiper blade that moves in a direction intersecting with the main scanning direction for wiping a nozzle surface of the print head on which the nozzle is formed. The wiper blade includes a wiping portion for effectively wiping the print head, and the nozzle surface has a wiping area divided into plural sections each having a width of the effective wiping portion and being partially overlapped with one another in the main scanning direction. When the print head is wiped by the wiper blade, the print head moves in the main scanning direction and the effective wiping portion is arranged at a wiping position corresponding to any one of the plural sections, and the print head is wiped at least twice while the wiping position is changed.