Patent ID: 8498184

Claim:
A media processing system for processing media having differing properties, the media processing system comprising: a base having a base radial alignment portion, a base vertical alignment portion, and a base retention portion, and a set of removable media clamps, each of the set of removable media clamps adapted for the differing properties of the media, each removable media clamp having, a removable media clamp radial alignment portion for engaging the base radial alignment portion and radially aligning the removable media clamp with the base, a removable media clamp vertical alignment portion for engaging the base vertical alignment portion and vertically aligning the removable media clamp with the base, and a media engagement portion for engaging the media, where the retention portion comprises ports formed in the base for drawing a vacuum between the base and a mounted one of the removable media clamps, where the vacuum alone is sufficient to retain the mounted one of the removable media clamps to the base, thereby releasably retaining the mounted one of the removable media clamps against the base, and the retention portion is controllable by the media processing system to selectively retain and release the mounted one of the removable media clamps without manual intervention.