Patent ID: 7832817

Claim:
A recyclable device comprising a chassis supporting: an image sensor for sensing an image; a pagewidth print head for printing the sensed image; an ink supply cartridge for supplying ink to the print head; a supply of print media on to which said image is printed; a cutting mechanism for cutting the print media so as to separate the printed images from the supply of print media; a counter mechanism coupled to the cutting mechanism so as to decrease a counter upon each operation of the cutting mechanism thereby indicating a number of images printed by the print head; a controller for controlling the device, the controller having high current drive transistors for driving a media transport motor for transporting the print media past the print head and a cutting motor for operating the cutting mechanism, the controller being configured to never operate the high current drive transistors and the image sensor simultaneously; and a casing surrounding and encasing said chassis so that the ink supply cartridge is unable to be accessed without destruction of the casing, the casing having a slot through which the counter is viewable.