Patent ID: 7467903

Claim:
A print engine for a printer, the print engine comprising an elongate support frame; a pinch roller assembly rotationally mounted relative to the support frame, and which can engage and feed the print media along a print media path; a pair of opposed print head assemblies mounted on the elongate support frame and the print media path being defined between the print head assemblies and the printhead assemblies being configured to perform duplex printing on print media fed along the print media path, each print head assembly comprising: a printhead module operatively mounted to the support frame and comprising a printhead configured to print ink onto the fed print media, the printhead module defining a plurality of ink galleries for storing respective types of ink to be printed by the printhead, the printhead module further defining an arcuate end portion in which a pinch roller of the pinch roller assembly is received, the printhead being located at the end of the arcuate end portion proximal to a pinching zone of the pinch roller assembly; and a pair of end moldings operatively mounted to the printhead module at either end of the support frame and defining tubular ink inlets in fluid communication with respective ink galleries.