Patent ID: 8616701
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A hand-held portable printer comprising: a housing having a main body and a handle extending therefrom; a rotatably driven platen roller supported in the main body of the housing; a supply roll holder that holds a supply roll of media in the main body of the housing; a print module including a printhead that selectively prints on media routed between the printhead and the platen roller from the supply roll held by the supply roll holder, said print module being attached to the upper main body of the housing such that the print module is movable between a closed operational position in which the printhead is proximate the platen roller and an open loading position in which the printhead is spaced apart from the platen roller; and a charging cradle for use with the hand-held portable printer wherein said charging cradle comprises a receiving region that selectively receives and holds therein a battery enclosure of the printer's housing and at least one electrical contact through which electrical current is selectively provided from the charging cradle to a battery housed within the battery enclosure of the printer's housing, said contact of the charging cradle being in electrical communication with said contact of the printer when the printer is placed in the charging cradle.