inkjet printer

The inkjet printer uses a supply pump and strategic component placement to efficiently supply cleaning fluid, addressing size and interference issues, ensuring reliable operation and user accessibility.

JP7870670B2Active Publication Date: 2026-06-05ROLAND DG CORP

Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
ROLAND DG CORP
Filing Date
2022-07-14
Publication Date
2026-06-05

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Abstract

To provide an inkjet printer, which is configured to make a member storing cleaning fluid supply the cleaning fluid surely, while being suppressed from enlarging in a size.SOLUTION: A printer 10 is provided with: a carriage 40 mounted with an ink head 45; a wiper 36 that wipes the ink head 45; a cartridge holder 51 to which a cartridge 90 is detachably attached; a supply pump 80 that supplies cleaning fluid stored in the cartridge 90 toward the wiper 36; and a storage case 14, positioned closer to a rear side than the carriage 40, which stores a control device 100. The cartridge 90 is configured to be attached to the cartridge holder 51 positioned between the storage case 14 and the carriage 40 in a state where a length CX in a sub scanning direction X thereof is shorter than a length CY in a main scanning direction Y thereof and a length CZ in a vertical direction Z thereof. An upper end 51T of the cartridge holder 51 and an upper end 90T of the cartridge 90 are lower than an upper end 14T of the storage case 14.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
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