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View Patent ↗A cleaning assembly for an inkjet printer having a inkjet printhead of nozzles for ejecting ink, and a transfer roller for receiving ink ejected from the nozzles and transferring it to a sheet of media; the cleaning station comprising: a first and second cleaning members for cleaning station for engaging the transfer roller after ink has been transferred to the sheet of media but prior to receiving ink from the array of nozzles; wherein, the first cleaning member has a porous member for engaging the transfer roller to remove ink and the second cleaning member has an elongate to resilient member for engaging the transfer roller after the first cleaning member for removing residual ink.
1. An inkjet printer comprising:
an inkjet printhead with an array of nozzles for receiving ink;
a transfer roller for receiving ink ejected from the nozzles and transferring it to a sheet of media;
a cleaning station for engaging the transfer roller ink has been transferred to the sheet of media but prior to receiving ink from the array of nozzles, the cleaning station having first and second cleaning members, the first cleaning member having porous member for engaging the transfer roller to remove ink an the second cleaning member having an elongate resilient member for engaging the transfer roller after the first cleaning member for removing residual ink; and,
driving equipment for aiding driving of a printed image on the sheet of media.
2. An inkjet printer according to claim 1 wherein the first cleaning member is an elongate sponge that contacts the for roller along its entire length.
3. An inkjet printer according to claim 1 wherein the second cleaning member is an elongate elastomeric wiper.
4. An inkjet printer according to claim 1 wherein the drying equipment for aiding drying of a printed image on the sheet of media comprises a feed path along which the web of print media containing the printed image is fed
after printing of the image on the print media;
a drive means for driving the web along the feed path at a predetermined rate; and
opposed IR lamps mounted on either side of the feed path.