Patent ID: 7249838
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A self threading printer for producing rolls of wallpaper, comprising: a media loading area adapted to support a media cartridge in a position so that a media supply slot of the cartridge is closely adjacent to a media guide; a cabinet housing a media path which extends from the media guide to a printed media dispensing slot; a printhead located across the media path, the printhead being mounted on a rail on which it slides into and out of a printing position across the media path; a processor which accepts operator inputs which are used to configure the printer for producing a particular roll; a motor within the cabinet for advancing a media web out of the media cartridge; one or more other motors adapted to urge the media along the path and out of the slot; and a well, external to the cabinet and adjacent to a printed media dispensing slot, the well having at each end, spindles for aligning, retaining and removing a core, at least one spindle being motorized to rotate the core.