Patent ID: 7588319

Claim:
A roll-fed printer having a media supply cartridge comprising: a media case, the media case having a molded top half and a molded bottom half, both halves defining arcuate slots; a media roll assembly rotatably located within the media case, the media roll assembly having a shaft received in the arcuate slots of the media case and a roll of media wound around the shaft; a roller assembly configured to operatively eject blank media from the media roll assembly and out of the media case for printing with the printer; and media roller support moldings provided at each end of the shaft, the media roller support moldings being restrainedly received in locator slots defined in the media case, wherein the shaft is provided with a notch at each end thereof to engage cooperating nibs on each support molding, the engagement of the notches with nibs restraining the shaft from rotating and permitting the media roll to rotate.