Modular commercial printer

Abstract

A modular printer includes a housing containing printing components. The housing has a first, external surface and an opposed, second external surface. A plurality of mounting elements are arranged on the second surface of the housing and a plurality of locating zones are arranged on the first surface of the housing. There are at least the same number of locating zones as there are mounting elements. Each locating zone has a plurality of locating formations with each mounting element of the housing of one printer engaging one of the locating formations of the housing of an adjacent printer, in use, to locate adjacent printers with respect to each other. More particularly, the provision of a plurality of locating formations at each locating zone allows adjacent printers to be arranged in offset relationship with respect to each other.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.