Patent ID: 8303062

Claim:
An inkjet printer ( 10 ) for reproduction of pictures on a surface of a printable substrate (T), comprising: an inkjet printing head ( 14 ), transversally movable along a longitudinally extending printing path; a carriage device ( 17 ) for holding the substrate (T); a control means ( 19 ) for moving the carriage device ( 17 ) along the printing path; and a programmable electronic control unit operatively connected to the printing head ( 14 ) and to the control means ( 19 ) for the carriage device ( 17 ); in which the carriage device ( 17 ) comprises: a slidable tray ( 31 ) conformed with coplanarly arranged reference edges ( 31 ′) defining a printing plane; a table ( 32 ) for supporting the substrate vertically movable with respect to the slidable tray characterised by comprising a lifting device for the support table ( 32 ), conformed to move the support table between an upper position above the reference edges ( 31 ′) of the slidable tray and a lower position beneath said reference edges; a biasing means operatively connected to move the support table towards said upper position above the reference edges of the tray; the carriage device also comprising a removable stop frame ( 18 ) for the support table ( 32 ), and clamping means ( 51 , 52 ) to disengageable connect the stop frame ( 18 ) to the slidable tray to retain a printable surface of the substrate (T) on the support table ( 32 ) in correspondence to the printing plane.