Patent ID: 7101005

Claim:
An apparatus for adjusting the printhead-to-media spacing in a printer having a printhead carrying carriage, which is rockable relative to an elongate carriage rod in the printer to effect a change in such spacing, the apparatus comprising: an anti-rotation rail having a primary axis, the anti-rotation rail configured to have the carriage mounted thereon to be rotatable about the primary axis; a carriage guiding block configured to be mountable on the carriage rod and configured to have the printhead carrying carriage mounted thereon; and an actuator mounted on the carriage guiding block, the actuator movable between a spacing position in which the actuator is arranged to provide a first predetermined separation between the carriage guiding block and the printhead carrying carriage, to provide a first printhead-to-media spacing value, and a retracted position in which the actuator is arranged to provide a second separation between the carriage guiding block and the printhead carrying carriage, to provide a second printhead-to-media spacing value.