Printing system with opposed printhead assemblies for double-side printing
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Toby Allen King
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Abstract
A printing system includes a support arrangement. A print cartridge receiving arrangement is mounted on the support arrangement to engage a print cartridge. A drive mechanism delivers print media from the print cartridge. A print engine is mounted on the support arrangement downstream of the print cartridge and has a pair of opposed printhead assemblies that are configured to perform double-sided printing on print media fed from the print cartridge between the printhead assemblies. A slitter is mounted on the support arrangement downstream of the print engine and is configured to separate the print media into sheets.
Claims7
A printing system which comprises:
- a support arrangement;
- a print cartridge receiving arrangement mounted on the support arrangement to engage a print cartridge;
- a drive mechanism for driving a delivery mechanism of the print cartridge for delivering print media from the print cartridge;
- a print engine mounted on the support arrangement downstream of the print cartridge and having a pair of opposed printhead assemblies that are configured to perform double-sided printing on print media fed from the print cartridge between the printhead assemblies;
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- a slitter mounted on the support arrangement downstream of the print engine and configured to separate the print media into sheets;
- wherein the slitter may be driven to cut different width prints from a single width supply of print media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.