Patent ID: 7673987

Claim:
A mounting assembly for a printhead assembly, comprising: at least one mounting connector configured to connect the mounting assembly to the printhead assembly, where the printhead assembly has a length in a first direction and a width in a second direction and the length is greater than the width; an active first direction mount comprising: a top component, a bottom component and two side components substantially forming a parallelogram configuration, where the bottom component is fixed from movement and the top component is configured to move in the first direction while remaining substantially parallel to the bottom component and the two side components are configured to move in the first direction while remaining substantially parallel to one another; a first drive mechanism configured to drive the top and two side components to move in the first direction; wherein, the at least one mounting connector moves in the first direction in response to movement in the first direction of the two side and top components of the active first direction mount, thereby providing movement in the first direction to the printhead assembly.