Patent ID: 6565272
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
Apparatus for adjusting and fixing the default printhead-to-media spacing in a printer having a frame and a printhead-carrying carriage, the apparatus comprising:an elongate, laterally extending carriage rod along which the carriage moves during printing, and selectively adjustable and fixable compliant structure mounting the rod on the frame, and operable to effect positional and fixable adjustment of the rod relative to the frame to establish a desired default printhead-to-media spacing, wherein said compliant structure includes a carriage plate which carries the rod and which includes a deformable portion, a frame component that forms part of the frame and which includes a deformable portion joined to the carriage plate's deformable portion, and selectively fixable adjustment mechanism operatively interposed said carriage plate and said frame component for creating and fixing a selected deformation in the two joined deformation portions, thus to adjust the positional relationship existing between the frame and the rod.