Patent ID: 8083316

Claim:
A printhead carrier in a printer, the printhead carrier comprising: a body having spaced apart bearings by means of which said body is supported at a position in the printer adapted to position a printhead on said printhead carrier at a predetermined placement relative to a path of a sheet of print media through a print zone in the printer; and a height-adjustable mechanism associated with one of said bearings and being continuously adjustable to effect a continuous increase or decrease of the height of said one bearing relative to said body to thereby set the printhead at a proper angle relative to the sheet of print media; wherein said height-adjustable mechanism includes a stationary portion rigidly attached on said body and having a first ramp, and an adjustable portion having a bearing surface constituting said one bearing and a second ramp spaced from said bearing surface and complementary in shape to said first ramp of said stationary portion such that said second ramp rests against said first ramp enabling continuous sliding movement of said adjustable portion uphill or downhill relative to said stationary portion to correspondingly continuously increase or decrease the height of said bearing surface relative to said stationary portion and thereby correspondingly change the angular position of said body in the printer, said adjustable portion further having a slot spaced from said second ramp and extending generally parallel thereto with opposing ends defining limits of the range of said continuous sliding movement of said adjustable portion relative to said stationary portion.