Media level indicator and printer having same

A printer comprising:

• a housing;
• a media container for containing a media stack, the media container slidably received in the housing, the media container defining an opening;
• and
• a media level indicator comprising:
• a media detecting assembly comprising:
• a shaft rotatably engaged with the housing;
• a detecting arm fixed to the shaft, the detecting arm configured for resiliently abutting the top of the media stack, and rotating with and about the shaft in response to the level status of the media stack;
• and
• a driving arm fixed to the shaft and configured for rotating with the shaft;
• and
• a level indicating assembly comprising:
• a lever having a first end articulated with the driving arm, an intermediate pivot portion pivotedly fixed to the housing, and an opposing second end;
• and
• a horizontally oriented media level indicating bar, the media level indicating bar mechanically coupled to the second end of the lever, the lever configured for being driven by the driving arm to rotate about the intermediate pivot portion thereby causing the media level indicating bar to be moved jointly with the second end of the lever in a substantially vertical direction, the media level indicating bar including a distal end exposed through the opening to indicate the media level status.