Patent ID: 8262178

Claim:
In a printing apparatus including a stationary transport apparatus with a transport belt for flat goods, a pressing apparatus disposed opposite the transport apparatus for pressing an item of mail onto the transport belt, and a printing module, the transport belt acting in a transport region with a predetermined adhesive friction on a part of a surface of the item of mail not being printed but being close to a region to be printed, the improvement comprising: an apparatus for changing ink cartridges of the printing apparatus, the apparatus including a change position for the ink cartridges disposed before the transport region on a front side of the printing apparatus or above the transport region of the transport apparatus; deflection rollers for the transport belt, said deflection rollers having a roller carrier with a mounting plate; a chassis having a rear wall; two slide rods being fixed at the rear to said rear wall and at the front to said mounting plate; the printing module having a printing carriage with a guiding and sliding piece and a sliding piece sliding on said two slide rods; and said roller carrier, said deflection rollers and the transport belt being components of the transport apparatus.