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AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsKia Silverbrook, Akira Nakazawa, Christopher Hibbard, Paul Ian MacKey, Norman Micheal Berry, Garry Raymond Jackson
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An inkjet printer unit including: a media input tray for supplying print media for printing; a print engine for printing an image on said print media; and a media output tray for collecting the printed media; wherein the print engine contains a removable inkjet cartridge of a type having a pagewidth printhead and an ink supply and a cradle having a body adapted to receive the removable inkjet cartridge and to control the operation of the printhead for printing.
An inkjet printer unit comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for: bodily-changeable print heads or carriages
Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits: specific driving circuit
Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits: block driving
Control methods or devices therefor, e.g. driver circuits, control circuits: controlling heads based on heating elements forming bubbles
Term ended 8 Nov 2024 (estimated)
The present invention relates to an inkjet printer unit having a high speed print engine capable of printing at speeds in the vicinity of 60 pages per minute, and more particularly to an inkjet printer unit having a print engine that comprises a removable pagewidth printhead cartridge.
The following applications have been filed by the Applicant simultaneously with the present application:
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FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a printer unit employing a print engine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows the printer unit of FIG. 1 with the lid open exposing the print engine;
As discussed previously, the present invention resides in a print engine 1 that can be readily incorporated into a body of a printer unit 2 to perform the printing functions of the printer unit.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printer unit 2, which incorporates the print engine 1, may be in any form but typically has a media supply region 3 for supporting and supplying media 8 to be printed by the print engine, and a media output or collection region 4 for collecting the printed sheets of media. The printer unit 2 may also have a user interface 5 for enabling a user to control the operation of the printer unit, and this user interface 5 may be in the form of an LCD touch screen as shown.
The printer unit 2 typically has an internal cavity 6 for receiving the print engine 1, and access to the internal cavity may be provided by a lid 7 which is hingedly attached to the body of the printer unit 2.