Patent ID: 8567898

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a print zone where droplets of ink print onto media; a pagewidth printhead assembly that is fixed relative to the print zone when printing the media, the pagewidth printhead assembly comprising a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered arrangement spanning across a width of a media path; a fixed vacuum platen positioned in the print zone and spaced from the pagewidth printhead assembly; a drive roller positioned upstream of the print zone, the drive roller being configured to translate the media into the print zone; and, a vacuum belt assembly positioned downstream only of the print zone for translating the media away from the print zone, the vacuum belt assembly comprising a plurality of individual movable belts and a vacuum chamber for drawing the print media onto the belts, wherein the vacuum platen comprises a plurality of embedded independently rotatable service modules that are each aligned with a corresponding one of the printheads, each of the service modules comprising a vacuum platen face.