Patent ID: 7571983
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: B41J,B82Y,G06F,G06K,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: an elongate support structure; a wide-format, pagewidth printhead assembly mounted on the support structure; a pair of spaced legs which extend from respective ends of the support structure so that the printhead assembly can be supported in a conventional wide-format manner above a substrate; a supply spool rotationally mounted between the legs and being configured to carry a wound length of print media; a printhead assembly fast between the legs and defining a passage through which print media unwound from the supply spool can pass, the printhead assembly including a plurality of printheads mounted on the support structure to span a printing zone in the passage, the printheads being configured to perform a printing operation on the print medium as it passes through the printing zone; and an uptake spool rotationally mounted between the legs and onto which the printed print medium can be wound.