Wallpaper printer with cutter and dryer modules
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King
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Abstract
The invention provides for a wallpaper printer having a cabinet built around a frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper. The printer also includes pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the cartridges via a media path defined in the cabinet past a pagewidth printhead for printing images onto the blank wallpaper, and a dryer module configured to dry the printed wallpaper. The printer also has a cutter module for cutting the printed wallpaper before the printed wallpaper is fed into a container which stores the wallpaper in a roll.
Claims6
A wallpaper printer comprising:
- a frame;
- a cabinet on the frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper, the cabinet defining a media path;
- a pagewidth printhead arranged on the frame for printing images on the blank wallpaper;
- pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the cartridges via the media path past the pagewidth printhead to facilitate printing;
- a dryer module configured to operatively dry the printed wallpaper;
- and
- a cutter module for cuffing the printed wallpaper before the printed wallpaper is fed into a container for storing the wallpaper in a roll, wherein
- the cutter module includes a frame having end plates, and a pair of entry rollers and a pair of exit rollers serving as a transport mechanism for the wallpaper through the module, the cutter module further includes a slitter gang composed of a plurality of slitters each having a plurality of blades, the slitter gang being located between the end plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.