Patent ID: 7303165

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a printer for adjusting the relative positions of a feeder roll mandrel and a take-up roll mandrel, the feeder roll mandrel and take-up roll mandrel for supporting rolls of sheet-type work material used in the printer, the apparatus comprising: first and second mandrel support plates configured for attachment to a frame of a printer, each said mandrel support plate defining a pair of mandrel supports spaced approximately equidistant one from the other along a length of the mandrel support plate, said first and second mandrel support plates for supporting opposing ends of a feeder roll mandrel and a take-up roll mandrel that support rolls of work material; at least one of said first and second mandrel support plates includes adjustment means for aligning the relative positions of said first and second mandrel support plates to align said feeder and take-up roll mandrels one with the other; said adjustment means is defined in part by a first portion of one of said first and second mandrel support plates being movably coupled to said frame for adjustment of the position of said first portion relative to said frame in a first direction, and a second portion movably coupled to said first portion for adjustment of the position of said second portion relative to said first portion in a second direction; and said first portion is coupled to said frame for rotation about a first axis.