Patent ID: 7896464

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging device frame; an image receiving surface supported by the imaging device frame for movement in a process direction; a plurality of carriages operatively connected to the imaging device frame, each carriage in the plurality of carriages being configured to move toward the image receiving surface to a print position and away from the image receiving surface to a retracted position; a plurality of printhead arrays, each printhead array being movably supported by only one carriage in the plurality of carriages and each carriage in the plurality of carriages supporting only one printhead array, each printhead array being configured for translation in a cross-process direction; a plurality of restraint systems, each restraint system being supported by only one carriage in the plurality of carriages and each carriage in the plurality of carriages supporting only one restraint system, each restraint system including at least one carriage restraint pin and a printhead restraint pin, the at least one carriage restraint pin being configured for movement into and out of engagement with the imaging device frame to restrain movement of the carriage supporting the restraint system with respect to the imaging device frame and the printhead restraint pin being configured for movement into and out of engagement with the printhead array supported by the carriage to restrain movement of the printhead array with respect to the carriage when the carriage is at the retracted position.