A mobile device including: (a) an inkjet printhead; (b) a print media feed
path for directing a print medium past the printhead in a feed direction
during printing; (c) a capping mechanism including a capper moveable
between: a capping position in which the capper is urged into a capping
relationship with the printhead; and an uncapped position in which the
printhead is able to print onto the print medium, wherein in the uncapped
position the capper is displaced away from the printhead; (d) a force
transfer mechanism connected to the capper and configured such that a
force provided by an edge of the print medium as it moves relative to the
feed path is transferred to the capper by the force transfer mechanism,
thereby to at least commence movement of the capper from the capped
position to the uncapped position prior to the print medium reaching the
capper.