摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning liquid supply mechanism which supplies a cleaning liquid to a wiper device and a cap device.SOLUTION: A cleaning liquid supply mechanism supplies a cleaning liquid to a cap device and a cleaning liquid tank of a wire device and comprises: moving means where an ink head is disposed; an encoder that detects a travel distance of the moving means; cleaning liquid supply means which is disposed in the moving means and supplies the cleaning liquid to the cap device and the cleaning liquid tank; opening/closing means which is disposed in the moving means and is connected with a cleaning liquid discharge part in the cleaning liquid supply means, the opening/closing means enabling the cleaning liquid discharge part to discharge the cleaning liquid and makes the cleaning liquid discharge part unable to discharge the cleaning liquid; an engagement member which is disposed near the cap device and the wiper device and brings the opening/closing means into the opening state to enable the cleaning liquid discharge part to discharge the cleaning liquid when the moving means moves; and control means which controls the moving means so that the moving means rests at a predetermined position on the basis of the travel distance detected by the encoder. |