Printing apparatus and method of operation
AssigneeDover Europe SàRl
InventorsMohammed Jamal Toudmeri, David Anthony Troman
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Abstract
A casing for a printing apparatus can include a body having a printing opening, and a cover member having an aperture, wherein the cover member is moveable relative to the body between an open position in which the aperture of the cover member is substantially aligned with the printing opening of the body, and a closed position in which at least a part of the cover member substantially closes the printing opening of the body. Further, a printing assembly can include a printing apparatus and a casing, the casing providing ingress protection for the printing apparatus. Finally, a control system for such a printing assembly, and a method of operation of such a printing assembly are provided.
Claims20
A casing for a printing apparatus, the casing including
- a body configured to house at least a part of a printhead and having a printing opening, and
- a cover member having an aperture,
- wherein the cover member is moveable relative to the body between an open position in which at least a part of the aperture of the cover member is aligned with the printing opening of the body, such that a part of the printhead housed in the body extends through the printing opening of the body and the aperture of the cover member to enable a printing operation to be carried out, and a closed position in which at least a part of the cover member closes the printing opening of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.