| CPC B41J 2/16547 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/16579 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |
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2. A printer comprising:
an ejection head having a nozzle that ejects ink and configured to perform a printing operation of ejecting ink onto a base material from the nozzle;
a maintenance unit configured to perform maintenance on the ejection head;
a drive part configured to move the maintenance unit relative to the ejection head between a facing position facing the ejection head and a separation position away from the facing position in a driving direction by driving at least one drive target of the ejection head and the maintenance unit in the driving direction;
an imaging part configured to image an imaging range provided on a side of the separation position relative to the facing position in the driving direction; and
a display part configured to display the unit image acquired by the imaging part to an operator,
wherein the maintenance unit positioned at the facing position performs maintenance on the ejection head,
the maintenance unit positioned at the separation position is away from the ejection head in the driving direction,
the maintenance unit moves relative to the imaging range along with driving of the drive target by the drive part, and
the imaging part images at least part of the maintenance unit which overlaps the imaging range in accordance with the driving of the drive target by the drive part, to thereby acquire a unit image.
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