Patent ID: 8721208
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer, comprising: a housing having relatively movable first and second housing sections connected by a toggle mechanism, a print head mounted on the first housing section, a platen roll capable of cooperating with the print head and mounted on the second housing section, a label roll holder on the second housing section capable of mounting a supply roll of a composite web comprised of record members releasably adhered to a carrier web, the toggle mechanism on the second housing section capable of drawing the print head and the platen roll relatively toward each other into printing pressure cooperation, and a web guide for guiding the web of record members along a path, the web guide being disposed upstream of the print head and comprising a shaft having grooves that extend along the shaft, a pair of spaced side guide members, each side guide member including a hub portion received about the shaft and a guide portion extending outwardly from the hub portion, each side guide member being selectively positionable on the shaft to accommodate webs of record members of different widths, the shaft including at least one enlargement between ends of the shaft, and wherein the web of record members is capable of being guided in guided relationship with the at least one enlargement and the hub portions; wherein each side guide member includes at least one spring finger having a projection capable of cooperating with at least one of the grooves to releasably hold the side guide member in a selected position along the shaft, graduations along the shaft to enable the side guide members to be manually positioned to center justify the web with respect to the print head, and wherein the hub portions and the at least one enlargement have the same outside diameters.