US Patent 7780261 Duplexed inkjet printhead assembly with dual capping mechanism

A pagewidth printhead assembly that has a pair of pagewidth printheads, each having an array of nozzle for ejecting ink such that the pair of pagewidth printheads print both sides of a sheet of media simultaneously. The assembly also having a capping mechanism with a pair of capping members for capping each of the pagewidth printheads respectively and an actuating mechanism for moving the capping mechanism between a first position in capping engagement with the respective pagewidth printheads and a second position spaced from the nozzles of the respective printheads.