Patent ID: 8668328

Claim:
A printer comprising: an array of rollers arranged in a first arc configuration to rollingly support a media web in a first orientation; an array of printing elements arranged in a second arc configuration along the first orientation and movable relative to the array of rollers to selectively modify a vertical space therebetween, wherein each respective printing element is aligned directly above one of the respective rollers to define a printing unit; and a positioning structure configured to releasably secure each printing unit at one position of a plurality of positions along the respective first and second arc configurations, wherein the individual printing units are separated into a series of successive zones including at least one printing zone and at least one rest zone, wherein the at least one printing zone includes at least one printing unit at one of the positions along the first and second arc configurations, and wherein the rest zone omits at least one printing unit at one of the positions along the first and second arc configurations.