MAINTENANCE APPARATUS OF PRINT HEAD AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF USING THE SAME

摘要

A maintenance apparatus of a print head and a maintenance method using the same are provided to clean the print head using an ultrasonic cleaning unit so that the nozzles of the print head eject uniform amount of ink. A maintenance apparatus(200) of a print head(300) comprises an ultrasonic cleaning unit(210) and a wiping unit(220). The ultrasonic wave cleaning unit cleans foreign matters around nozzles of the print head including ink discharge nozzles by using ultrasonic waves. The wiping unit makes contact with the print head, having a wiper rubbing the print head.