Patent ID: 8052238

Claim:
A mobile telephone having a body comprising: a transceiver configured to send and receive voice and data via a telecommunications network; a printhead with an array of nozzles for printing a media substrate; a media feed path for directing the media past the printhead during printing; a capping mechanism including a capper moveable between a capping position in which the capper is urged into a capping relationship with the printhead, and an uncapped position in which the printhead is able to print onto the media, wherein in the uncapped position the capper is displaced away from the printhead; and a force transfer mechanism connected to the capper and configured such that a force provided by an edge of the media as it moves relative to the feed path is transferred to the capper by the force transfer mechanism, thereby to at least commence movement of the capper from the capped position to the uncapped position prior to the media reaching the capper, wherein the capper is held in the uncapped position by the media such that it moves to the capped position upon disengagement with the media.