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US 6,238,043 B1Granted
Ink cartridge for compact printer system
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
An ink cartridge for a printer module of a compact printer system. The ink cartridge is characterized by being located on the opposite side of a printable media from a printhead in the printer module. The ink cartridge houses a pair of neutral rollers that cooperate with powered rollers in the printer module to urge the printable media past the printhead.
Claims8
An ink cartridge for a printer module having a full-width stationary printhead for printing an image on printable media comprising:
- a molded body defining a number of ink containing chambers;
- means communicating with said chambers for supplying ink to said printhead;
- wherein said ink cartridge is located on an opposite side of said printable media from said printhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.