Printer paper bucket with rotating spindle mechanism for accommodating media rolls of varying width

A printer, comprising:

• a printer housing;
• a printer mechanism disposed in the printer housing;
• a paper bucket disposed in the printer housing adapted to hold a media roll to be fed into the printer mechanism;
• the paper bucket comprising a self-adjusting spindle mechanism for accommodating media rolls of varying widths, the self-adjusting spindle mechanism comprising:
• oppositely disposed wall assemblies pivotally mounted in a bucket frame of the paper bucket;
• oppositely disposed vertical flanges, each of the vertical flanges being pivotally mounted to a respective one of the wall assemblies;
• a spindle flange rotatably mounted to each vertical flange for accepting the media roll therebetween;
• a motion linkage connecting the wall assemblies together such that a movement of one of the wall assemblies results in an equal and opposite movement of the other one of the wall assemblies.

A method for providing adjustable paper bucket for accommodating media rolls of varying widths, comprising;

• providing a bucket frame;
• pivotally mounting oppositely disposed wall assemblies in the bucket frame;
• providing oppositely disposed vertical flanges, each of the vertical flanges being pivotally mounted to a respective one of the wall assemblies;
• rotatably mounting a spindle flange to each vertical flange for accepting a media roll therebetween;
• connecting the wall assemblies together via a motion linkage such that a movement of one of the wall assemblies results in an equal and opposite movement of the other one of the wall assemblies.