Patent ID: 6666537
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A print system, including a host communicating with an inkjet print apparatus, wherein the host comprises a processor which executes an inkjet print driver, the inkjet print driver managing communication of a print job to the inkjet print apparatus, the print job including print data and at least one print control parameter, the inkjet print apparatus comprising a controller, an inkjet print source which records the print data onto a media, and a mechanism which adjusts source-to-media spacing, wherein the controller responds to a first parameter of said at least one print control parameter to control setting of the source-to-media spacing by said adjusting mechanism for the print job;wherein the adjusting mechanism comprises a cam having a plurality of discrete positions, each one position corresponding to a unique source-to-media spacing; wherein the inkjet print apparatus further comprises a carriage which carries the inkjet print source and at least a portion of the adjusting mechanism, the carriage moving along a guide; wherein the adjusting mechanism further comprises an axle and an engagement surface along the axle, the cam being mounted to the axle, the axle rotating the cam and being carried by the carriage; and wherein the guide includes a pin which engages the engagement surface, a relative motion of the pin and engagement surface causing the axle to rotate in a first direction altering position of the cam.