Patent ID: 8616699

Claim:
A hand-held portable printer comprising: a housing having a main body and a handle extending therefrom; a rotatably driven platen roller supported in the main body of the housing; a supply roll holder that holds a supply roll of media in the main body of the housing; a circuit board including an electrical ground; a print module including a printhead that selectively prints on media routed between the printhead and the platen roller from the supply roll held by the supply roll holder, said print module being attached to the upper main body of the housing such that the print module is movable between a closed operational position in which the printhead is proximate the platen roller and an open loading position in which the printhead is spaced apart from the platen roller; and a first electrically conductive ground path extending from the printhead to the electrical ground on the circuit board, said circuit board being housed outside the movable print module and housed within the handle of the housing, and said first electrically conductive ground path remaining unbroken regardless of the position of the print module.