Patent ID: 8690317

Claim:
A hand-held portable printer comprising: a housing having an upper main body and a handle extending therefrom; a rotatably driven platen roller supported in the upper main body of the housing; a supply roll holder that holds a supply roll of media in the upper main body of the housing; a print module including a printhead that selectively prints on media routed between the printhead and the platen roller from the supply roll held by the supply roll holder, said print module being attached to the upper main body of the housing such that the print module is movable between a closed operational position in which the printhead is proximate the platen roller and an open loading position in which the printhead is spaced apart from the platen roller; and a drive roller and a pressure roller which selectively grips at least a portion of the media therebetween, said drive roller being rotatably driven to advance the media from the supply roll held by the supply roll holder; and wherein the drive roller is rotatably driven at an amount greater than the platen roller is rotatably driven.