Patent ID: 6752549
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
A print engine for a printer, the print engine comprisinga support structure; a pair of drive rollers that are rotatably mounted on the support structure and are configured to define a gripping zone into which a sheet of print medium can be fed to be gripped between the rollers, the drive rollers defining a feed zone between the gripping zone and a tangential plane common to both drive rollers through which the sheet of print medium passes; and at least print two head assemblies comprises at least two substantially identical print head chip carries mounted on the support structure and which are configured to extend into the feed zone so that a first pair of carriers is mirrored by a second pair of carries; and at least one print head chip that is mounted on each print head chip carrier; and wherein the print head assemblies together define a distal pair of mirrored carriers and a proximal pair of mirrored carriers relative to the gripping zone, at least the print head chips mounted on the proximal pair of carriers being positioned in the feed zone; so as to be in an operative position with respect to the sheet of print medium in the feed zone.