Patent ID: 9126445
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a media transport configured to move media through the printer to form an ink image on the media; a first member having three linearly arranged receptacles; a second member having three linearly arranged receptacles; a first rod, a second rod, and a third rod, each rod having a first end and a second end, the first end of each rod being positioned within one of the receptacles in the first member in a one-to-one correspondence and the second end of each rod being positioned within one of the receptacles in the second member in a one-to-one correspondence to enable the first, the second, and the third rods to extend parallel to one another from the first member to the second member; a first frame having a perimeter, a pair of flanges extending from a first side of the first frame and a third flange extending from a second side of the first frame, the second side of the first frame being opposite the first side of the first frame, each flange extending from the first frame having a hole in the flange, the first rod passing through the holes in the pair of flanges of the first frame and the second rod passing through the hole in the third flange of the first frame; a second frame having a perimeter, a pair of flanges extending from a first side of the second frame and a third flange extending from a second side of the second frame, the second side of the second frame being opposite the first side of the second frame, each flange extending from the second frame having a hole in the flange, the third rod passing through the hole in the third flange of the second frame and the second rod passing through the holes in the pair of flanges of the second frame; a first printhead mounted within the first frame; a second printhead mounted within the second frame; and a controller operatively connected to the first printhead and the second printhead, the controller being configured to operate the first printhead and the second printhead to form the ink image for the media.