Patent ID: 6971811

Claim:
A print engine for a printer, said print engine comprising: (i) a support structure; (ii) a feed mechanism for feeding a print medium tbrougb the print engine, said feed mechanism comprising: a pair of gripping feed rollers for feeding a print medium therebetween, said pair of feed rollers being rotatably mounted on the support structure, and a drive motor for driving at least one of said rollers; (iii) at least one print zone provided in a space between the nip of said rollers and a non-hip intersecting common tangential plane of said rollers; and (iv) at least one print head assembly configured for printing in the print zone, said at least one print head comprising: at least one print head chip carrier mounted on the support structure, said print head chip carrier including an arcuate edge portion, wherein the radius of curvature of the arcuate edge portion is similar to the radius of curvature of the feed rollers, thereby allowing the print head chip carrier to extend into the print zone; and at least one print head chip mounted on each print head carrier, said print head chip being operatively positioned for printing onto a print medium in the print zone.