Patent ID: 8061297
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a frame; a carriage supported by the frame and including a plurality of parallel slots; a plurality of printhead assemblies, each of the plurality of printhead assemblies including a body and a printhead adjustably coupled to the body; a plurality of housings slidably engaged with the plurality of parallel slots, respectively, each of the plurality of housings operable to hold the body of a respective one of the plurality of printhead assemblies fixed with respect to the housing; a stage spaced apart from the carriage and operable to hold a substrate; a rotation mechanism operable to rotate the carriage with respect to the frame in a plane parallel to the stage; and an alignment assembly operable to adjust the printhead of a first printhead assembly of the plurality of printhead assemblies with respect to the body of the first printhead assembly, wherein the body of the first printhead assembly is held by a first housing of the plurality of housings, wherein the alignment assembly selectively rotates the printhead of the first printhead assembly in a plane parallel to the stage.