CPC B41J 25/304 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16511 (2013.01); B41J 2/16535 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 2/16544 (2013.01); B41J 2/16547 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 25/006 (2013.01); B41J 25/34 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16514 (2013.01); B41J 2202/05 (2013.01); B41J 2202/20 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A printing unit comprising:
three elongate printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement for spanning across a media feed path, wherein a first printhead and a second printhead are longitudinally spaced apart and positioned in a row across the media feed path and a third printhead is offset from and overlaps with both the first and second printheads;
three wipers for longitudinally wiping respective printheads in a direction perpendicular to a media feed direction, each wiper being parked at one longitudinal end of its respective printhead, wherein one of said wipers, in its parked position, is positioned in a space between the first and second printheads;
wherein first and second wipers for wiping respective first and second printheads are movable in a same wiping direction; and
a third wiper for wiping the third printhead is movable in an opposite wiping direction.
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