Compact inkjet printer for portable electronic devices

Details Compact inkjet printer for portable electronic devices Compact inkjet printer for portable electronic devices

2005-04-26

2005-04-26

Tran, Huan (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Fluid or fluid source handling means

C347S094000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06883906

ABSTRACT:
A pagewidth inkjet printer for a portable electronic device, with a roll of media substrate wrapped on a central former having at least one ink reservoir for the printhead, and a media feed assembly for drawing the media substrate a substrate passed the printhead.This configuration allows the printers to be compact enough to be incorporated into portable devices without it becoming too bulky and unwieldy. A roll of media is more easily positioned amongst other components of the device that flat sheets of media. It is a space efficient form of media storage when the ink reservoirs are located within the central former and feeding the media from a roll passed a pagewidth printhead is mechanically simpler than feeding sheets passed a scanning printhead.

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