| 摘要 |
A nozzle guard 80 for an ink jet printer printhead with an array 14 of nozzles 10. The nozzle guard 80 has an array of apertures 84 individually corresponding to the nozzle array 14.The ink droplets are ejected through the apertures 84 and onto the media to be printed. A wiper blade 143 sweeps dust and residual ink 144 stuck to the exterior surface 142 of the nozzle guard 80 characterized in that the exterior surface has one or more recesses 146 encompassing a group, or pod, of the apertures 84 to prevent the wiper blade 143 from engaging the exterior surface 142 immediately adjacent any of the apertures 84 in the pod. |
