A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle opening surface in which the nozzles open, a displacing mechanism formed to change a posture of the liquid ejecting head between a first posture in which the nozzle opening surface is inclined with respect to the horizontal and a second posture in which an inclination of the nozzle opening surface is smaller than the inclination of the nozzle opening surface in the first posture, and a wiping member to wipe the liquid ejecting head. On the nozzle opening surface, if a vertical lower end in the first posture is a first end and a vertical upper end in the first posture is a second end, the wiping member wipes the liquid ejecting head from the first end side toward the second end side when the liquid ejecting head is in the second posture.

A head maintenance device includes a cap configured to cap a nozzle surface of a head configured to discharge a liquid, a wiper configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the head, a holder configured to vertically movably hold the cap and the wiper to a height at which the cap and the wiper bite into the absorbing member, and a cleaner configured to move relative to the cap and the wiper, the cleaner comprising an absorbing member configured to contact the cap and the wiper.

A liquid discharge apparatus is provided, which comprises a conveyer, a rotatable support mechanism which supports a medium, a head, and a maintenance mechanism which has a cap configured to cover nozzles of the head. The support mechanism is configured to rotate about a rotation shaft to a first rotation position and a second rotation position at which a rotation end is separated further from the head as compared with a situation provided at the first rotation position. The maintenance mechanism is configured to move to a waiting position which is positioned oppositely to the rotation shaft of the support mechanism with respect to the rotation end of the support mechanism and a maintenance position which is positioned between the head and the support mechanism disposed at the second rotation position and at which the cap covers the nozzles.

A head cap covers an inkjet type recording head. The head cap includes a cap housing and a cap cover. The cap housing has a liquid storage space opened upward. The cap cover is provided along an open end of the cap housing. The cap cover has an opening through which the recording head enters and leaves.

A liquid ejecting head unit which includes a liquid ejecting head which includes a nozzle surface provided with nozzles, the nozzle surface being on a plane defined by two directions including a first and a second directions intersecting each other, a wiping unit comprising a wiper parallel to the first direction and configured to perform relative movement in the second direction between the wiper and the nozzle surface to wipe the nozzle surface, a recess defined by an edge provided along the first direction on the nozzle surface, and a controller for filling the recess with a liquid which spills from at least one nozzle among the nozzles, and for wiping the nozzle surface after wiping the recess.

A printing unit includes: a sleeve and a print module received in the sleeve, the print module being slidably removable, in a first direction, from the sleeve. The print module includes a supply module and a replaceable printhead. The printhead is slidably removable, in a second direction, from the supply module, the first and second directions being non-parallel.

An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface, an image forming unit, a plurality of sheet feeders, and a motor configured to selectively apply a drive force any of the sheet feeders. A transmission assembly switches transmission to any one of the sheet feeders. A controller receives preceding data from the communication interface, and, in response, controls the transmission assembly to initiate a switch of the transmission of the drive force to a standard sheet feeder among the plurality of the sheet feeders. In response to receipt control data received after the preceding data, the controller controls the image forming unit, motor, and transmission assembly to form an image on the sheet based on an image forming condition included in the control data.

An apparatus for a fluidic ejection device and a fluidic ejection device containing the apparatus. The apparatus includes a pivot member having at least a first position and a second position, a shaft attached on a first end thereof to the pivot member and on a second end distal from the first end to a capping structure, wherein pivot of the pivot member pivots the capping structure from a first capped position to a second uncapped position adjacent an ejection head of the fluidic ejection device.

To provide a printing apparatus and a method for determining a service life of a cleaning mechanism, capable of more accurately determining a service life of a cleaning mechanism. For the purpose, a service life of a recovery unit is determined by multiplication of a number of times a blade wipes a face surface by a coefficient different depending on a quantity of liquid adhering to the face surface.