Patent ID: 7748836

Claim:
A printer cradle for receiving a replaceable ink cartridge having a pagewidth printhead and a rotor element, the cradle comprising: a drive roller; an electrical motor for driving the drive roller; a flipper gear assembly that is operatively engaged with the drive roller to be driven by the drive roller between an engaged position in which the flipper gear engages the rotor element and a disengaged position in which the flipper gear is disengaged from the rotor element; and a controller arrangement having a controller board housing a print engine controller configured to control the motor to actuate or disengage the rotor element, wherein the rotor element is rotatably mounted adjacent and parallel to the pagewidth printhead for performing at least three proper printhead functions including blotting for the pagewidth printhead, capping for the pagewidth printhead and acting as a platen for the pagewidth printhead.