There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a liquid jetting head; a carriage; a cap; a cap switching device switching the cap between a capping state and an uncapping state; a carriage blocker movable between a first position not contacting carriage, and a second position blocking movement of the carriage in a first direction; and a contacting portion locatable, in the uncapping state, at a third position at which the contacting portion is not in contact with carriage, and locatable, in the capping state, at a fourth position at which, under a condition that the blocked carriage rotates around an axis perpendicular to a liquid jetting surface with the carriage blocker as a supporting point, the contacting portion is capable of contacting the rotating carriage. The contacting portion is configured to move integrally with the cap in a plane parallel to the liquid jetting surface.

A nozzle surface recovery device includes: a cap configured to cap a nozzle surface of a liquid discharge head; a guide configured to guide the cap in a first direction; and a first position adjuster configured to adjust a position of the cap with respect to the nozzle surface in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first position adjuster including: a first roller rotatable along the guide to move the cap in the first direction between a capping position at which the cap caps the nozzle surface and a retraction position at which the cap is retracted from the capping position; and a first adjustment plate coupled to the first roller, the first adjustment plate configured to adjust the position of the cap with respect to the guide in the second direction.

A printing apparatus includes: a printhead configured to discharge ink; a carriage, on which the printhead is mounted, configured to move in a first direction such that the printhead moves across a printing region where a printing operation by the printhead is performed and a standby region adjacent to the printing region; a cap arranged in the standby region and configured to suck the ink from the printhead; and a wiper configured to perform wiping for the printhead. The cap can be displaced to a first position and a second position farther from the printing region in the first direction than the first position. At the second position, the cap can be displaced to an upper position to cap the printhead and a lower position to be separated from the printhead allowing the wiper to wipe the printhead.

An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head arranged so that a nozzle surface thereof is inclined, a conveyance unit, a cap, a suction portion, and a control portion. The cap includes a bottom surface and side walls provided to stand along four sides of the bottom surface. In detaching the cap from the nozzle surface, the control portion sequentially executes a first release operation in which, in a state where a lower positioned one of the side walls is in contact with the nozzle surface, others of the side walls are released from the nozzle surface, a wiping operation in which, while the lower positioned one of the side walls is kept in contact with the nozzle surface, the cap is moved upward along the nozzle surface, and a second release operation in which all the side walls of the cap are released from the nozzle surface.

A recording apparatus includes a recording head having discharge orifices arranged on a discharge orifice surface, a cap, a wiper, and a moving unit that moves the wiper in a first direction. When the cap covers the discharge orifice surface, a first member is disposed at an inside wall of the cap at a position near a first side of a region having the discharge orifices, and a second member is disposed at another inside wall of the cap at a position near a second side of the region having the discharge orifices. The first side faces in a direction opposite to the first direction and the second side faces in the first direction. In a direction normal to the discharge orifice surface, a distance between the second member and the discharge orifice surface is smaller than a distance between the first member and the discharge orifice surface.

To provide a printing apparatus capable of maintaining ejection performance without increasing the size of a recovery unit. The printing apparatus includes: a cap capable of covering an ejection port surface having an ejection port formed therein to eject a liquid; a cap holding portion that movably holds the cap between a position where the cap contacts the ejection port surface and a position where the cap does not contact the ejection port surface; a suction unit capable of sucking the liquid from the cap; a collection unit for collecting the liquid sucked by the suction unit; a first channel connecting the cap and the suction unit; and a second channel connecting the suction unit and the collection unit. In top view, a part of the first channel and a part of the second channel are disposed at positions overlapping with the cap holding portion.

A printer includes: a media support defining a media feed path; and a pagewide printing unit for printing onto media fed along the media feed path. The printing unit includes: a maintenance chassis fixedly positioned over the media feed path, the maintenance chassis having a maintenance module fixedly mounted thereto; a print bar chassis movably mounted on the maintenance chassis, the print bar chassis including a print module having a printhead; and a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the print bar chassis relative to the maintenance chassis between a maintenance position a printing position. The printhead extends and retracts through a space defined by the maintenance module in the printing and maintenance positions, respectively.

A printhead capping system includes: a mounting bracket having a fixed shaft; a cap assembly mounted on the mounting bracket; and an arm hingedly connected to the shaft, the arm moving the cap assembly between a capping position and a printing position. The shaft is a drain shaft for receiving fluid drained from the cap assembly.

A print module including a printhead cartridge releasably engaged with a supply module The supply module includes a body housing electronic circuitry for supplying power and data to a printhead of the printhead cartridge; and an ink inlet module and an ink outlet module flanking the body at opposite sides thereof. Each of the ink inlet and ink outlet modules having a respective ink coupling engaged with complementary inlet and outlet couplings of the printhead cartridge.

A printhead capping system includes: a fixed plate; first and second sliders slidably movable along the fixed plate; a mounting bracket having a cap assembly mounted thereon; and first and second arms interconnecting the mounting bracket and the respective first and second sliders. Movement of the first and second sliders towards each other causes lateral movement of the cap assembly away from the fixed plate, and movement of the first and second sliders away from each other causes lateral movement of the cap assembly towards the fixed plate.