September 15, 2009

A printer having a pagewidth printhead assembly and a capping mechanism. The printhead assembly has a single pagewidth printhead and ink ejection nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as it is transported past the printhead. The capping mechanism has a capping member having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead and located in a non-capping first position spaced-apart from the printhead, a first actuating mechanism arranged to move the printhead in an arcuate first direction from a first position to a second position and a third position, and a second actuating mechanism arranged to move the capping member in an arcuate second direction opposite to that of the first direction to effect nozzle capping engagement of the printhead when the printhead is in the second position and to permit purging of the nozzles when the printhead is in the third position.

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September 15, 2009

12/050,154

March 17, 2008

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B41J   2/165   (20060101)  

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/003404 filed on 6 Dec. 2004, herein incorporated by reference. CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS The following applications have been filed by the Applicant simultaneously with the present application: TABLE-US-00001 11/003786 7258417 7293853 7328968 7270395 11/003419 7334864 7255419 7284819 7229148 7258416 7273263 7270393 6984017 11/003699 11/003463 11/003701 11/003683 11/003614 7284820 7341328 7246875 7322669 The disclosures of these co-pending applications are incorporated herein by reference. CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The following patents or patent applications filed by the applicant or assignee of the present invention are hereby incorporated by cross-reference. TABLE-US-00002 6623101 6406129 6505916 6457809 6550895 6457812 7152962 6428133 7204941 7282164 10/815628 7278727 10/913373 10/913374 10/913372 7138391 7153956 10/913380 10/913379 10/913376 7122076 7148345 10/407212 7252366 10/683064 10/683041 6746105 7156508 7159972 7083271 7165834 7080894 7201469 7090336 7156489 10/760233 10/760246 7083257 7258422 7255423 7219980 10/760253 10/760255 10/760209 7118192 10/760194 7322672 7077505 7198354 7077504 10/760189 7198355 10/760232 7322676 7152959 7213906 7178901 7222938 7108353 7104629 7246886 7128400 7108355 6991322 7287836 7118197 10/728784 10/728783 7077493 6962402 10/728803 7147308 10/728779 7118198 7168790 7172270 7229155 6830318 7195342 7175261 10/773183 7108356 7118202 10/773186 7134744 10/773185 7134743 7182439 7210768 10/773187 7134745 7156484 7118201 7111926 10/773184 09/575197 7079712 6825945 7330974 6813039 6987506 7038797 6980318 6816274 7102772 09/575186 6681045 6728000 7173722 7088459 09/575131 7068382 7062651 6789194 6789191 6644642 6502614 6622999 6669385 6549935 6987573 6727996 6591884 6439706 6760119 7295332 6290349 6428155 6785016 6870966 6822639 6737591 7055739 7233320 6830196 6832717 6957768 7170499 7106888 7123239 10/727181 10/727162 10/727163 10/727245 7121639 7165824 7152942 10/727157 7181572 7096137 7302592 7278034 7188282 10/727159 10/727180 10/727179 10/727192 10/727274 10/727164 10/727161 10/727198 10/727158 10/754536 10/754938 10/727227 10/727160 10/934720 10/296522 6795215 7070098 7154638 6805419 6859289 6977751 6398332 6394573 6622923 6747760 6921144 10/884881 7092112 7192106 10/854521 10/854522 10/854488 7281330 10/854503 10/854504 10/854509 7188928 7093989 10/854497 10/854495 10/854498 10/854511 10/854512 10/854525 10/854526 10/854516 7252353 10/854515 7267417 10/854505 10/854493 7275805 7314261 10/854490 7281777 7290852 10/854528 10/854523 10/854527 10/854524 10/854520 10/854514 10/854519 10/854513 10/854499 10/854501 7266661 7243193 10/854518 10/854517 10/934628

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