Patent ID: 7581831

Claim:
A printer module comprising: an elongate body having a media entry slot and a media exit slot; a motor assembly operatively mounted to an end of the body; a quartet of rollers each rotationally mounted with respect to the body and extending along the inside of the body, the rollers comprising a pair of driven rollers coupled to the motor assembly and a pair of neutral rollers, the rollers being arranged to form two pinching pairs of rollers with the pinching pairs comprising respective driven and neutral rollers; an elongate printhead operatively mounted to extend along the body and configured to print ink upon print media passing through the body and between the pinching pairs of rollers; and a capping mechanism, the capping mechanism comprising: a blotter; a capping arm supporting the blotter; a clutch operatively associated with at least one of the driven rollers to move the capping arm from a first configuration where the blotter covers the printhead to a second configuration where the printhead is uncovered by the blotter.