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1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a platen having a supporting surface configured to support a recording medium; a liquid droplet jetting head having nozzles from which liquid droplets of liquid are jetted and a nozzle surface on which the nozzles are open; a head moving unit configured to move the liquid droplet jetting head, in a head movement area including a first area in which the nozzle surface faces the supporting surface in a first direction orthogonal to the supporting surface and a second area which is adjacent to the first area in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, in the second direction; a maintenance mechanism including a cap member, which is configured to be movable in a cap movement area and configured to cover the nozzles in a state of being in close contact with the nozzle surface, the cap movement area including: a retracted position at which the cap member is separated from the nozzle surface in the first direction; and a capping position which is away from the platen in the second direction than the retracted position and at which the cap member makes a close contact with the nozzle surface; a cap moving mechanism configured to move the cap member from the retracted position to the capping position by utilizing movement of the liquid droplet jetting head form the first area to the second area; and a cap guiding mechanism configured to guide movement of the cap member in the cap movement area in an inclined direction which is inclined with respect to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the cap member is guided by the cap guiding mechanism in the inclined direction from the retracted position to the capping position by a pressing force, which is applied to the cap moving mechanism by the head moving unit while the liquid droplet jetting head is moved from the first area to the second area, in a state that the liquid droplet jetting head is positioned in the second area, the cap member is positioned at the capping position to make a close contact with the nozzle surface, and in a state that the cap member is positioned at the retracted position, the cap member is away from the nozzle surface in the first direction than the supporting surface and at least a part of the maintenance mechanism overlaps with the supporting surface in the first direction. |
