Patent ID: 7441882

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a printer body and a replaceable printhead cartridge, the printhead cartridge having a casing that supports a pagewidth printhead and a plurality of contacts for receiving print data from corresponding contacts on the printer body, the printhead cartridge also having a maintenance station for engaging the pagewidth printhead when not in use; the printer body having a cradle for holding the printhead cartridge in an operative position such that the pagewidth printhead is adjacent a paper path defined by the printer body and the contacts on the printhead cartridge are connected to the corresponding contacts on the printer body, the cradle having a fulcrum formation for engaging the casing upon insertion of the cartridge; such that, the cartridge rotates into the operative position such that the casing itself levers the contacts into engagement with the corresponding contacts on the printer body; wherein the inkjet printer further comprises a maintenance station drive shaft for detachably engaging the maintenance station upon insertion of the printhead cartridge into the printer, the maintenance station drive shaft having an engagement formation at one end for engaging a complementary formation in the maintenance station; such that, when engaging the complementary formation, the engagement formation has limited axial displacement and limited transverse displacement.