Patent ID: 6921221

Claim:
A combination keyboard and printer apparatus adapted to connect to a computer system for providing user input commands to the computer, the apparatus including; a housing having an upper surface formed with an opening for a number of keyboard keys; a printer assembly located on a print media transport path within a chamber defined by the housing; a print media entry slot continuous with said transport path formed through a first side of the housing; a print media ejection slot continuous with said transport path formed through a second side of the housing opposite the first side; and a print media exit tray extending outwardly from the ejection slot formed as a unitary piece with the housing; a serial bus to communicate with a computer, the user input commands being communicated to the computer through the serial bus; a printer controller circuit that is coupled to the serial bus to communicate with the computer; wherein the apparatus is adapted to receive print commands from the computer through the serial bus, the printer printing in response to the received print commands.