Patent ID: 7883192

Claim:
An inkjet printer cradle including: a body having a recess complementary to a removable inkjet cartridge for receiving the removable inkjet cartridge, the removable inkjet cartridge having a pagewidth printhead, a rotor operative to cover the printhead when not in use, an ink supply, and a cartridge authentication device storing printing performance information of the printhead and cartridge authentication information; a media feed system for feeding media past the pagewidth printhead in the removable inkjet cartridge; a motor arranged to rotate the rotor from a first position where the printhead is covered to a second position where the printhead is exposed to print on media fed past the printhead by the media feed system; and an integrated circuit arranged to communicate with the cartridge authentication device of the removable inkjet cartridge upon receipt of the removable inkjet cartridge by the body, the integrated circuit being configured to authenticate the inkjet cartridge from the stored cartridge authentication information of the cartridge authentication device and to operate the media feed system at a media feed speed corresponding to the printing performance information of the printhead, wherein the cradle and cartridge together form an inkjet printer capable of printing at the determined printing performance.