Patent ID: 7575316
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A media web cartridge configured to store a media web and to be removably mountable to a printing system so as to introduce the media web thereto, the cartridge comprising: a shaft about which the media web is rotatably wound; a support member mounting the shaft to the cartridge so as to prevent rotation of the shaft relative to the cartridge; and a drive roller arranged to draw the media web from about the shaft so as to introduce the media web to said printing system when the cartridge is mounted thereto, a groove in the drive roller being engaged with a lunette of the support member, wherein the drive roller is arranged to protrude from the cartridge so as to engage, and be rotated by, a drive spindle of said printing system when the cartridge is mounted thereto.