Abstract: The invention relates to a service station for an inkjet printer. The service station includes at least one cap for capping an inkjet nozzle which is mounted on an inkjet carriage of the inkjet printer. The service station also includes at least one wiper arranged to wipe said nozzle of the inkjet carriage. The wiper is arranged to move towards and away from the inkjet nozzle in response to movement of the inkjet carriage so as to enable the nozzle to be wiped of any residual ink.

Abstract: An automatic document feeder to be incorporated in a scanner document forwarding mechanism which comprises a reduction gear assembly driven by a motor and having at least one gear and a pair of mated rollers through which a document to be fed by the document feeder travels is disclosed. The document feeder includes a gear train having an input gear mechanically coupled to the gear of the reduction gear assembly of the scanner document forwarding mechanism via two idle gears to be driven thereby and an output gear mechanically coupled to the input gear via a pinion co-axially fixed to the input gear and engaging the output gear. A document driving roller is provided and co-axially fixed to the output gear to be driven thereby for engaging and driving the document to be fed into the scanner document forwarding mechanism. A document guide is provided close to the document driving roller for guiding the document therethrough toward the scanner document forwarding mechanism.

Abstract: A transmission mechanism for a scanner includes a frame having a plurality of holes with different sizes and a series of gears mated with each other through different numbers of teeth. Due to different locations of where the transmission mechanism are mounted, the frame is able to be adapted to different type of motors.