Patent ID: 6416146
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
Apparatus for adjusting pen-to-print medium spacing in a printer comprising:a fixed datum; a print platen for supporting a print medium for printing by a pen moveable across the print medium, the print platen being resiliently biased towards the datum to come to rest in a first position where the print platen rests directly against the datum to define a first predetermined pen-to-print medium spacing between the pen and the print platen, the print platen being moveable away from the datum to define a gap therebetween; and a separator movable between an unused position away from the gap and an engaged position in the gap for allowing the print platen to alternatively rest against to prevent it returning to the first position to thereby define a second predetermined pen-to-print medium spacing; wherein the platen and the separator are operable according to a remote medium thickness parameter received by the printer.