Provided is an inkjet recording apparatus that performs inkjet recording on a recording medium in a recording region. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head that includes an ejection port surface where an ejection port for ejecting ink is provided, is the recording head being movable within a range including the recording region and a non-recording region where the recording is not performed, a cap capable of letting the ejection port in a capping state in the non-recording region, a blade that is placed between the recording region and the cap in a moving direction of the recording head, the blade being capable of wiping the ejection port of the recording head as the recording head moves from the non-recording region to the recording region, a blade moving unit capable of moving the blade up and down, and a control unit that controls the blade moving unit.

A method of operating a continuous inkjet printer (1). The printer comprise a printhead. The printhead comprises a droplet generator (16) comprising a printing nozzle (17) for ejecting an ink jet for printing, at least one electrode (22, 23) for steering the inkjet, and a gutter (18) having an ink receiving orifice (24) for receiving parts of the ink jet which are not used for printing. The method comprises performing a cleaning operation. Said cleaning operation comprises: ejecting a solvent jet from the printing nozzle towards the gutter; and causing at least a portion of the solvent jet to contact at least a part of the gutter (18) surrounding the orifice (24) for cleaning said part of the gutter surrounding the orifice.

A self-contained web cleaning apparatus is disclosed herein. The self-contained web cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum assembly, the vacuum assembly including a vacuum source, the vacuum source configured to create a vacuum for removing particulate matter from a continuous web of material; and at least one particulate extraction device fluidly coupled to the vacuum assembly, the at least one particulate extraction device defining a slot therein through which the particulate matter from the continuous web of material is extracted. The vacuum assembly and the at least one particulate extraction device are disposed within a self-contained structure without any connections to an external vacuum source located outside of the self-contained web cleaning apparatus.

Provided is an inkjet recording apparatus that performs inkjet recording on a recording medium in a recording region. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head that includes an ejection port surface where an ejection port for ejecting ink is provided, is the recording head being movable within a range including the recording region and a non-recording region where the recording is not performed, a cap capable of letting the ejection port in a capping state in the non-recording region, a blade that is placed between the recording region and the cap in a moving direction of the recording head, the blade being capable of wiping the ejection port of the recording head as the recording head moves from the non-recording region to the recording region, a blade moving unit capable of moving the blade up and down, and a control unit that controls the blade moving unit.

A printing apparatus includes a carriage supporting a liquid discharging head for discharging liquid onto a medium being transported, and caused to perform scanning along a width direction intersecting with a transport direction of the medium, a supporting member having a first guide rail extending along the width direction, and a support face capable of supporting the medium, a first engaging portion engaged with the first guide rail, and an edge holder having a plate member covering a first end portion of the medium on a first direction side in the width direction. On the first direction side of an end portion on the first direction side in the width direction of the first guide rail, a retraction region is provided in which the edge holder can be disposed in a state in which an engaging state between the first guide rail and the first engaging portion is released.

A cleaning device for a surface of a cylinder of a printer and/or a copier includes a cylindrical cleaning element which can be rotated by at least one drive and which includes a cleaning fitting on its outer periphery, and a suction or suctioner conducting at least one suction medium with at least one suction channel aligned towards the outer periphery of the cleaning element and extending along the longitudinal alignment of the cleaning element. In order to achieve a simple technical structure and a low maintenance effort apart from a good cleaning result and reliable dirt removal, a suction slit extending longitudinally of the suction channel is aligned towards the cleaning element opens into the suction channel tangentially to the suction channel cross section.

According to one embodiment, a maintenance apparatus includes a first suction nozzle having a first suction port facing a first nozzle row through which a first liquid can be ejected, the first nozzle row including nozzles aligned in a first direction on a nozzle plate, and a second suction nozzle having a second suction port facing a second nozzle row through which a second liquid can be ejected, the second nozzle row including nozzles aligned in the first direction on the nozzle plate and parallel to the first nozzle row.

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a cleaning apparatus for cleaning printing plates. In some embodiments, the cleaning apparatus may comprise a laser arrangement including a pulsed laser for generating laser pulses with pulse duration in the picosecond range. The cleaning apparatus may further comprise laser guidance means for guiding the laser pulses onto a path on a printing plate. Other aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method including the steps of generating laser pulses with pulse duration in the picosecond range and guiding the laser pulses onto a path on the printing plate.

Screen printer 10 is for screen printing solder paste 13 loaded on an upper surface of stencil 12 onto board S using one of first and second squeegees 71 and 72. Screen printer 10 is provided with a stencil frame holding rail that holds stencil frame 12a of stencil 12, pair of board holding members 36 and 38 that hold board S, raising and lowering table 16 that raises and lowers board holding members 36 and 38, and pair of stencil supporting members 50 and 52 that support stencil 12 from below at a portion outside a printing region of stencil 12 used for screen printing. Stencil supporting members 50 and 52 are provided independently from raising and lowering table 16. Therefore, the load applied to raising and lowering table 16 is reduced. Also, there is increased design freedom with respect to members and the like loaded on raising and lowering table 16.

Disclosed is an anilox laser cleaning machine that includes: a multi-laser head with laser modules on a horizontal guide of a first movable support associated with the horizontal sliding carriage with the intermediation of brackets coupled to vertical micrometric axes associated with the horizontal sliding carriage controlled by servomotors. Each laser module includes: a laser resonator emitting a laser beam with a focal point in the vertical plane equidistant to the axes of rotation of the traction rollers of the anilox roller; and a vertical tube terminated in a nozzle oriented towards the focal point of the laser beam, connected to a suction source. The machine also includes a rotation detector with a palpate wheel contacting the surface of the anilox roller and associated with an encoder device connected to the electronic system of the machine that, in the absence of movement detection or irregular movement, activates the emergency stop.