INK-JET PRINTER IN WHICH A WIPER CLEANING FUNCTION WHICH MAINTAINS CLEANING EFFECT ON A NOZZLE SURFACE BY WIPING FOR A LONG TIME IS IMPROVED

摘要

PURPOSE: An ink-jet printer in which a wiper cleaning function is improved is provided to stably maintain cleaning effect for a nozzle surface by collecting ink stored in a housing through a tube to a waste ink container by a suction pump.;CONSTITUTION: An ink-jet printer in which a wiper cleaning function comprises an ink-jet head which includes a nozzle chip, a wiper unit(50) which comprises a wiper blade(51) cleaning the nozzle plane of the nozzle chip and a housing(52) including a housing space in the inside with supporting the wiper blade, a scraping unit(30) which scrapes the ink which covers on the wiper blade to the accommodation space of the housing by contacting to the wiper blade, and a scraping shuttle(31) which movably installed along the width direction of the wiper blade.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2010