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US 12,145,380 B2Granted
Modular printer carriage
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBartomeu Gaya Pol, Jeffrey L. Thielman, Oscar Orozco
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a printer carriage comprises providing a printhead carrier component to receive a plurality of printheads according to a predefined printhead layout, providing a frame component, and attaching the printhead carrier component to the frame component. The printhead carrier component and the frame component are distinct components, which can be separately manufactured.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a printer carriage, the method comprising:
- providing a first printhead carrier component to receive a plurality of first printheads according to a predefined printhead layout;
- providing a frame component;
- attaching the first printhead carrier component to the frame component,
- wherein the first printhead carrier component and the frame component are separately manufactured, wherein the plurality of first printheads are disposed at a first distance from a print medium carrier when the first printhead carrier component is attached to the frame component;
- removing the first printhead carrier component from the frame component;
- and
- attaching a second printhead carrier component to the frame component, wherein a plurality of second printhead supported by the second printhead carrier component are disposed at a second distance from the print medium carrier when the second printhead carrier component is attached to the frame component, wherein the first distance is different from the second distance.
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A printer carriage comprising:
- a frame component, and
- a first printhead carrier component attachable to the frame component, the first printhead carrier component including a plurality of bays to receive a corresponding plurality of first printheads, wherein the plurality of bays are arranged according to a predetermined printhead layout, wherein the frame component and the first printhead carrier component are distinct components, and further wherein the plurality of first printheads are disposed at a first distance from a print medium carrier when the first printhead carrier component is attached to the frame component;
- and
- a second printhead carrier component attachable to the frame component, wherein a plurality of second printhead supported by the second printhead carrier component are disposed at a second distance from the print medium carrier when the second printhead carrier component is attached to the frame component, wherein the first distance is different from the second distance.
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A modular kit for manufacturing a printer carriage, the modular kit comprising:
- a first modular printhead carrier component to receive a first plurality of printheads according to a first predefined printhead layout;
- a second modular printhead carrier component to receive a second plurality of printheads according to a second predefined printhead layout, different from the first predefined printhead layout;
- and
- an independent frame component that is attachable to the first modular printhead carrier component and the second modular printhead carrier component, wherein each of the first modular printhead carrier component and the second modular printhead carrier component is removably attachable to the independent frame component by at least one removable attachment element to removably attach a respective one of the first and second modular printhead carrier components to the independent frame component,
- wherein the first plurality of printhead is disposed at a first distance from a print medium carrier when the first modular printhead carrier component is attached to the independent frame component, and
- wherein a second plurality of printhead supported by the second printhead carrier component are disposed at a second distance from the print medium carrier when the second modular printhead carrier component is attached to the independent frame component, wherein the first distance is different from the second distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.