Apparatus for and method of adjusting a position of a printing head in an inkjet printer

A method in an inkjet printer having a carrier shaft, a head carrier moving along the carrier shaft and having two sidewalls and a bottom forming a receptacle to receive a printing head when the printing head is mounted in the head carrier, and a position adjusting unit disposed between the head carrier and the printing head, the method comprising:

• causing holes to be formed on corresponding ones of the sidewalls;
• causing a position adjusting unit to be disposed between the head carrier and the printing head to adjust a position of the printing head with respect to the head carrier;
• causing a positioning member of the position adjusting unit to movably contact the sidewalls of the head carrier through corresponding ones of the holes to contact a surface of the printing head when the printing head is mounted in the head carrier,
• causing an adjusting member of the position adjusting unit to be movably coupled to one of the two sidewalls of the head carrier to contact to the positioning member;
• and
• moving an adjusting member of the position adjusting unit to control the positioning member of the position adjusting unit to adjust the printing head with respect to the carrier shaft until the surface of the printing head is parallel to the carrier shaft.

An apparatus in an inkjet printer having a carrier shaft, a head carrier moving along the carrier shaft and having two sidewalls and a bottom forming a receptacle to receive a printing head when the printing head is mounted in the head carrier, comprising:

• holes formed on corresponding ones of the sidewalls;
• and
• a position adjusting unit disposed between the head carrier and the printing head to adjust a position of the printing head with respect to the head carrier,
• wherein the position adjusting unit comprises,
• a positioning member movably contacting the sidewalls of the head carrier through the receiving holes to contact a surface of the printing head when the printing head is mounted in the head carrier, and
• an adjusting member movably coupled to one of the two sidewalls of the head carrier to contact the positioning member, and controlling the positioning member to move the printing head.