Ink-jet printer with maintenance mechanism
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Nov 20, 2001
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Mar 9, 1998
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Nov 20, 1995
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An ink-jet printer with a maintenance mechanism uses a single cam to clean and maintain a recording head. The cam is driven by a paper-feed motor in the forward direction during the maintenance operations. When the recording head is disposed in a maintenance area, the driving force of the paper-feed motor is transferred to the cam via a coupler. In one revolution of the cam, a suction cap, a suction pump, and a wiper are driven at a predetermined timing to clean the recording head. The paper-feed motor is also used to drive the platen roller during the recording operation. Because a common motor is used to drive the platen roller and the cam, and because a single cam completes the maintenance operations in one revolution, the structure and its control are simplified.
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