Hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus having replaceable scanning unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGu-hwan Na
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Abstract
A hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus having a replaceable scanning unit includes an array type inkjet head unit and a shuttle type inkjet head unit. One of the array type inkjet head unit and the shuttle type inkjet head unit is fixed to a main body frame at a predetermined distance from an advancing path of the printing medium, and the other one of the array type inkjet head unit and the shuttle type inkjet head unit is detachably mounted to a unit mount provided on the main body frame and disposed along a side of the one of the array type inkjet head unit and the shuttle type inkjet head unit. The replaceable scanning unit is detachably mounted in the unit mount to scan image data from a medium.
Claims12
A hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus comprising:
- a shuttle type inkjet head unit fixed to a main body frame at a predetermined distance from an advancing path of a printing medium to print an image on the printing medium using a shuttle head reciprocating in a width direction of the printing medium;
- a unit mount provided on the main body frame and disposed along a side of the shuttle type inkjet head unit;
- an array type inkjet head unit detachably mounted in the unit mount to print a second image on a second printing medium using a head having a width at least equal to or larger than a width of the printing medium;
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- a replaceable scanning unit detachably mounted in the unit mount when the array type inkjet head unit is detached from the unit mount to scan image data from a printed medium.
A hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus comprising:
- a unit mount having a common connecting portion;
- an array inkjet head unit to be detachable mounted on the unit mount and having a terminal to correspond to the common connecting portion;
- a scanning unit to be detachably mounted on the unit mount when the array type inkjet head unit is detached from the unit mount and having a second terminal to correspond to the common connecting portion;
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- an opening formed on the unit mount,
- wherein the inkjet head unit comprises a nozzle to correspond to the opening of the unit mount, and the scanning unit comprises a slit to correspond to the opening of the unit mount.
A hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus comprising:
- a unit mount having a common connecting portion;
- an array inkjet head unit to be detachably mounted on the unit mount and having a terminal to correspond to the common connecting portion;
- a scanning unit to be detachably mounted on the unit mount when the array type inkjet head unit is detached from the unit mount and having a second terminal to correspond to the common connecting portion;
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- a main body frame having a paper guide to form a paper advancing path of a printing medium with the unit mount,
- wherein the unit mount is fixedly mounted on the main body frame, and the inkjet head unit is detached from the unit mount when the scanning unit is mounted on the unit mount.
A hybrid inkjet image forming apparatus comprising:
- a unit mount having a common connection portion;
- an array inkjet head unit to be detachably mounted on the unit mount and having a first terminal to correspond to the common connecting portion;
- a scanning unit to be detachably mounted on the unit mount when the array type inkjet head unit is detached from the unit mount and having a second terminal to correspond to the common connection portion;
- one or more position regulating portion guides formed on the unit mount;
- one or more first position regulating portions formed on the inkjet head to be guided by corresponding ones of the one or more position regulating portion guides;
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- one or more second position regulating portions formed on the scanning unit to be guided by corresponding ones of the one or more position regulating portion guides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.