Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprising a conveyance unit for conveying a sheet, a carriage mounted with a printhead and configured to scan the printhead in a sheet widthwise direction, a platen arranged so as to face the printhead, a detection unit mounted on the carriage and configured to detect a distance to a sheet, a support portion, for supporting a sheet from below, arranged on a downstream side of the carriage in a conveyance direction, movable between a first position at which the support portion forms a conveyance surface for a sheet and a second position at which the support portion protrudes above the conveyance surface, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection unit, whether the support portion is at the first position or the second position.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus which includes the following: A printhead including a plurality of nozzles that discharge ink to a print medium. A first detection unit that detects a distance between the printhead and a platen. An adjustment unit that adjusts the distance between the printhead and the platen. An acquisition unit that acquires difference information concerning a difference of a distance between the platen and each of the nozzle on an upstream side and the nozzle on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the print medium. The adjustment unit adjusts the distance based on a detection result of the first detection unit and the difference information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: It is hereby disclosed a carriage arrangement, in particular, a carriage arrangement suitable for a printing system comprising: a carriage; a carriage beam; and a drive mechanism; wherein the carriage is to move along a longitudinal direction of the carriage beam upon action by the drive mechanism and wherein the carriage arrangement comprises a beam compensation mechanism to exert a variable compensating force on the carriage beam, the variable compensating force depending on a deformation amount of the carriage beam.

Abstract: A recording apparatus performing recording with a recording head mounted on a carriage capable of scanning with respect to a recording medium includes a circuit board provided on the carriage; a sheet metal member disposed on an upper surface of the carriage; a flexible wiring member which is disposed to draw around an outer surface of the carriage and makes the circuit board and an apparatus body side to be electrically connected; and a grounding spring which is disposed on the carriage and grounds the sheet metal member to the apparatus body side, wherein the grounding spring serves as a fixing member which fixes the flexible wiring member to the carriage.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording, a tray on which a target recording medium is set, a movement mechanism that moves the tray relative to the recording unit between a setting operation position at which the target recording medium is set on the tray and a recording start position at which recording starts, an adjustment section that is configured to adjust a distance between the recording unit and the tray, and a mark that corresponds to a position of the recording unit in a direction in which the distance is adjusted.

Abstract: A shaft for a media transport assembly includes a first assembly provided at a first end of the shaft to datum the shaft, and a second assembly provided at a second end of the shaft to bias the shaft in a direction opposite the second end of the shaft such that the first assembly and the second assembly each provide point contact with a respective surface oriented substantially perpendicular to an axis of the shaft.

Abstract: An inkjet printing head prints an image on a printing medium located at a printing position facing the printing head, by a printing operation in which the printing head ejects ink onto the printing medium, and the printing head is capable of resuming the printing operation after suspension of the printing operation. A supporting unit supports the printing medium on which the image is printed by the printing head, and an adjusting unit is capable of adjusting a facing distance between the printing head and the supporting unit. A control unit controls the adjusting unit so that the facing distance is greater than that during the printing of a printed image, in case the printing operation is resumed and the printed image moves relative to the printing position. The control unit controls the adjusting unit based on the time elapsed between the suspension of the printing operation and the resumption of the printing operation, so that the facing distance is greater as the elapsed time is longer.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a carriage of an inkjet recording apparatus including a recording head configured to discharge ink to execute recording on a sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet, a carriage configured to mount the recording head thereon and to move in a main-scanning direction crossing to a sheet conveyance direction, and a height change mechanism configured to move the carriage in a height direction includes moving the carriage in the main-scanning direction to the outside of a sheet conveyance area of the conveyance unit, conveying a cleaning sheet, to which a fold is previously given, to a recording position, moving the carriage to a first height position via the height change mechanism, moving the carriage to the inside of the sheet conveyance area, moving the carriage to a second height position via the height change mechanism, and conveying the cleaning sheet via the conveyance unit.

Abstract: A gap adjusting device includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a first object so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the first object in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis according to the movement of the first member in one direction along the first axis relative to the first object, thereby adjusting a gap between the first object and a second object.

Abstract: A platen gap adjustment mechanism includes a carriage guide shaft, a carriage drive unit and a main carriage. The carriage guide shaft is configured to extend perpendicularly to a media conveyance direction that passes over a platen. The carriage drive unit is supported on the carriage guide shaft and pivotable around an axis of the carriage guide shaft. The main carriage is supported on the carriage drive unit, pivotable around a parallel axis that is parallel to the axis of the carriage guide shaft, and configured to carry a printhead for printing on a print medium conveyed along the media conveyance path past the platen. The main carriage is moveable toward and away from the platen according to a thickness of the print medium while being slidable in sliding contact with the print medium conveyed over the platen to maintain a constant gap between the printhead and the print medium.

Abstract: A method of adjusting the spacing between a portion of a printhead and a portion of a media support in a printing system. The spacing is easily adjustable at least at the time of manufacture for locking a printhead at a selected distance from the media support. A rotatable variable spacer is abutted against an anti-rotation rail to lock into place the printhead at the selected distance.

Abstract: A printer includes a chassis, an ink cartridge, and an adjusting unit. The ink cartridge carrier is mounted to the chassis. A projection extends from the ink cartridge carrier. The adjusting unit includes a rotating shaft, a cam fixed to the rotating shaft, and a gear fixed to the rotating shaft. The gear includes a number of teeth. The rotating shaft is rotatably mounted to the ink cartridge carrier. The projection is clipped between two adjacent teeth. The cam abuts against the chassis.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction, and a slidable member mounted slidably in a carriage movement direction between the carriage and the bearing member. The slidable member is slid in the carriage movement direction to switch a height position of the carriage with respect to the guide member, whereby a gap between the recording head and the recording material is switched.

Abstract: If a top cover 5 has been opened, a link lever 34 is moved backward in conjunction with the motion of the top cover 5, so that a release lever 51 is rotated clockwise as seen from the left side about a level shaft 50. Also, a release gear 49 and a release shaft 48 are rotated about 180° counterclockwise as seen from the left side, via a lever gear 52. Accordingly, a head supporting member 37 is rotated downward, resisting an urging force of a pressing spring 36, so that a thermal head 32 is separated from a platen roller 35 and entry of a roll sheet 3A becomes possible through an insertion port 26.

Abstract: A printhead carrier includes a body having spaced apart bearings by means of which the body is supported at a predetermined position in the printer adapted to position a printhead on the printhead carrier at a placement relative to a path of a sheet of print media through a print zone in the printer, and a height-adjustable mechanism associated with one of the bearings that is continuously adjustable to effect a continuous increase or decrease of the height of the one bearing relative to the body to thereby set the printhead at a proper angle relative to the sheet of print media.

Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for adjusting a gap in a printer. The apparatus includes the printer that has a print head transport shaft. The print head is slidably coupled to the transport shaft. The apparatus includes an adjusting plate comprising a groove. The adjusting plate is located at a first side of the printer. The adjusting plate is slidably coupled to the transport shaft via the groove. Moving the adjusting plate along a first axis changes a first position of the print head on the first side of the printer to form the gap. The first axis is perpendicular to the transport shaft. The apparatus also includes a spring. The spring biases the adjusting plate such that the groove is biased toward the transport shaft.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus, including a carriage which is reciprocated in a reciprocating direction; a pair of guide frames which extend parallel to each other in the reciprocating direction and which cooperate with each other to guide a reciprocating movement of the carriage, wherein the two guide frames are separate from each other in a conveying direction in which a recording medium is conveyed and which is perpendicular to the reciprocating direction, and wherein the carriage includes a main frame which is supported by the two guide frames such that the main frame bridges the two guide frames, and additionally includes at least two sliding members each of which has a sliding surface which slides on a corresponding one of the two guide frames in the reciprocating direction; an image recording head which is mounted on the main frame of the carriage and which records an image on the recording medium; a driving device which reciprocates the carriage in the reciprocating direction; and a gap adjusting device

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of printing a substrate using an inkjet printer which includes a holder to rotatably receive a roll on which the substrate is wound, a downstream print zone and an inkjet printhead for printing the substrate at the print zone, a transport means for engaging and transporting the substrate to the print zone during which transport the substrate is unwound from the roll, and a guide element which is situated downstream of the roll in front of the transport means to guide the substrate from the roll to the transport means, the method including the steps of transporting the substrate over a predetermined distance with control of the transport means, during which transport the guide element is moved from a first position which the guide element occupies prior to the transport, to a second position such that the distance over which the substrate extends between the roll and the transport means is smaller as a result of the movement and after the substrate has been transported over th

Abstract: A printer apparatus is disclosed. The printer includes a medium feeding passage for conveying a medium; print head for performing a spacing and for performing a printing processing on the medium; a detector for detecting a first end position in a widthwise direction of the medium at a first position in a medium conveyance direction and for detecting a second end position in the widthwise direction of the medium at a second position in the medium conveyance direction; and a comparator for comparing the first end position with the second end position detected with the detector. The control of the print head is performed according to the compared result from the comparator.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head mounted on a carriage movable along a recording material, a guide member for guiding the carriage, a bearing member which is mounted to the carriage so as to be movable relative to the carriage in a vertical direction, and a slidable member mounted slidably in a carriage movement direction between the carriage and the bearing member. The slidable member is slid in the carriage movement direction to switch a height position of the carriage with respect to the guide member, whereby a gap between the recording head and the recording material is switched.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recording apparatus that can accurately detect the position of a recording member, such as thick paper or a CD-R, that is mounted on a tray, that can, as much as possible, protect to-be-detected portions from being scratched, and that can perform accurate printing using a simple structure. With a configuration wherein a recording member such as thick paper or a CD-R is mounted on a tray, and wherein the recording member is printed while the tray is conveyed, a reference position detection mark, which is a to-be-detected portion, is attached to the tray from the reverse face, and the edges of a reference position detection mark that has been detected are made as the edges of a hole portion that is formed in the tray.

Abstract: A gap adjusting device includes a moving mechanism having a first member supported by a first object so as to be movable along a first axis, and capable of moving the first object in one direction and its opposite direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis according to the movement of the first member in one direction along the first axis relative to the first object, thereby adjusting a gap between the first object and a second object.

Abstract: A gap detector is operable to detect a distance between a liquid ejecting head adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium and a platen adapted to support the target medium. A circular plate is adapted to be provided on a guide shaft which is rotated together with the rotary plate to selectively determine the distance as one of a plurality of distances. The circular plate has a plurality of flags formed on an outer periphery, each of which is associated with one of the distances. A sensor is disposed in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the circular plate and operable to output a signal indicative of a passage of each of the flags in accordance with the rotation of the circular plate. At least one of intervals between the flags in a circumferential direction of the circular plate is made different from the other.

Abstract: At a predetermined position during the lateral movement of a carriage 10, a gap switching mechanism 30 for switching a gap between a recording head 15 and a recording medium is provided. The recording head 15 is mounted facing downward on the carriage 10. A part close to one side on a lower end of the carriage is slidably and pivotably supported by a guide shaft 11 of a round shaft shape. A switching block member 13 provided with several abutment portions 52 and 53 with different heights, which are positioned so as to be opposed to a slide portion 12a at an upper end of a frame 12 extending in a vertical direction along a back of the carriage. The A switching block member 13 is pivotably supported by the carriage. A first pushing portion 56 is located at a left end of the frame so as to abut against the switching block member 13.

Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for adjusting a gap in a printer. The apparatus includes the printer that has a print head transport shaft. The print head is slidably coupled to the transport shaft. The apparatus includes an adjusting plate comprising a groove. The adjusting plate is located at a first side of the printer. The adjusting plate is slidably coupled to the transport shaft via the groove. Moving the adjusting plate along a first axis changes a first position of the print head on the first side of the printer to form the gap. The first axis is perpendicular to the transport shaft. The apparatus also includes a spring. The spring biases the adjusting plate such that the groove is biased toward the transport shaft.

Abstract: A platen gap adjustment assembly for a printing apparatus including a printer using the platen gap adjustment assembly to adjust the platen gap between a platen and a print head when printing on a print medium transported between the platen and the print head. The platen gap adjustment assembly includes a guide shaft, which slidably supports a carriage carrying the print head and a pair of mounting members each supporting the guide shaft. The mounting members have positioning engagement parts for holding or maintaining the position of an eccentric shaft in a given position which controls the position of the positioning engagement parts relative to the mounting members. An urging member urges one of the mounting members with the guide shaft fit therein in the direction for causing the positioning engagement parts into one of a given set of positions.

Abstract: The present invention solves problems attributable to color mixing occurring at a region where an ink container containing three or more different inks and an inkjet printing head are connected as a result of repetition of connection and disconnection of the components. An ink cartridge has a joint section which is connected to a printing head unit when the inks are supplied to the printing head unit. The printing head unit performs printing by ejecting the cyan, magenta, and yellow inks. At the joint section, a supplying part for the cyan ink, a supplying part for the magenta ink, and a supplying part for the yellow ink are arranged in the order listed. The interval between the yellow ink supplying part and the magenta ink supplying part is greater than the interval between the cyan ink supplying part and the magenta ink supplying part.

Abstract: A first end position in a widthwise direction of a medium at a first position in a lengthwise direction of the medium, while a second end position in the widthwise direction of the medium at a second position in the lengthwise direction of the medium, and a comparison of the detected first end position with the detected second end position is performed to make predetermined processing according to the compared result.

Abstract: A print engine assembly includes an elongate chassis. A pair of bearing moldings is operatively mounted to either end of the chassis. A printhead assembly is mounted within the chassis. The printhead assembly includes an elongate printhead having a plurality of ink printing integrated circuits (IC's) each disposed at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each IC overlaps adjacent IC's to enable continuous printing of ink along the printhead. A feed mechanism is mounted to the bearing moldings, and is configured to feed print media beneath the printhead during printing and then through the slot.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveying roller configured to convey a sheet, a recording head configured to make a recording on the sheet, a carriage configured to reciprocate and capable of having a recording head installed therein, a guiding mechanism configured to guide the carriage, and a parallelism adjusting mechanism configured to adjust relative parallelism between the conveying roller and the guiding mechanism.

Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet printer for forming an image in a main scanning direction for each line. The ink-jet printer comprises a recording head to form an image, wherein a plurality of nozzles are arranged in an aligned direction in the recording head; a mounting section on which the recording head is mounted; a fixing member to apply an elastic force so as to fix the recording head on the mounting section; and an inclination adjusting member to push a side of the recoding head located along the aligned direction of the nozzles against the elastic force of the fixing member so as to displace the side of the recording head so that the inclination adjusting member adjusts an inclination of the aligned direction of the nozzles for the main scanning direction.

Abstract: In both-side recording, wherein the fed recording sheet is conveyed to the recording portion and after the recording is executed on a face side surface, the recording sheet is conveyed to a sheet reversing portion where both sides are reversed, and is sent to the recording portion again where the rear side surface is recorded, a clearance between the recording head and the recording sheet can be changed when recording on the face side or the rear side surface. A first clearance suitable for the recording sheet having a standard thickness and material, and a second clearance greater than the first clearance, can be selected. When there is a possibility that the recording head can come into contact with the recording sheet due to influences from warping and the like, the second clearance is selected, and when there is less possibility of contact, a first clearance is selected.

Abstract: A printer for printing between a print roller and a print head having a print head alignment system is provided. The print head alignment system includes a print roller assembly, a print head support assembly and an actuating assembly. The print roller assembly includes at least one stop and a print roller mounted thereto. The print head support assembly includes a print head mounted thereto and at least one detent, a surface of the detent engaging a surface of the stop to maintain alignment of the print head with the print roller. The actuating assembly is associated with one of the print head support assembly and the print roller assembly to separate the detent and the stop before moving one the print head and print roller to provide an access space between the print head and the print roller for allowing print media to be removed and inserted.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for adjusting the printhead-to-media spacing in a printer having a printhead carrying carriage, which is rockable relative to an elongate carriage rod in the printer to effect a change in such spacing. The apparatus comprises an anti-rotation rail having a primary axis, the anti-rotation rail configured to have the carriage mounted thereon to be rotatable about the primary axis. A carriage guiding block is configured to be mountable on the carriage rod and configured to have the printhead carrying carriage mounted thereon.

Abstract: A reliable detection of optically detecting the type of recording media is achieved. A part of a support member for supporting an optical sensor is pushed against the surface of a sheet by a spring so as to maintain the gap between the sensor and the sheet surface. With this arrangement, a recording apparatus which is free from wrong detection is achieved regardless of a gap-varying factor, that is, the remaining amount of sheets. Also, by arranging a part of a light-shielding hood so as to abut against the sheet, wrong detection due to disturbance light can be prevented.

Abstract: Provided is an ink-jet printer comprising a carriage, which is rotatably installed on a guide shaft and includes a stacking portion on which an ink cartridge is stacked, and a balancing portion installed on a side opposite to the stacking portion, so as to move in a straight reciprocating motion along the guide shaft; and a head gap adjusting apparatus, which is rotatably installed in the balancing portion and adjusts a head gap by rotating the carriage centering on the guide shaft according to a thickness of a printing medium.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection apparatus in which a function liquid droplet is selectively ejected toward a workpiece while carrying out a relative movement between a function liquid droplet ejection head and the workpiece is made up of: a plurality of function liquid droplet ejection heads; a carriage for mounting thereon the plurality of function liquid droplet ejection heads; a head stocker for stocking the plurality of function liquid droplet ejection heads; and a head transfer mechanism for transferring each of the plurality of function liquid droplet ejection heads between the carriage and the head stocker. The function liquid droplet ejection heads are automatically replaced, so that the liquid droplet ejection apparatus can perform the workpiece processing efficiently.

Abstract: There is disclosed a lightweight portable printer having a frame or housing with a print head and a cooperable platen roll mounted in the housing. The housing pivotally mounts a subassembly. The subassembly mounts an electric motor and gearing driven by the motor for driving the platen roll. The subassembly is resiliently urged to press the print head against the platen roll. The printer has a front door which provides access to the inside of the housing. The front door mounts the platen roll, a label delaminator, a pressure roll, a holder for mounting a supply roll of labels or tags, and a latch for latching the door to the housing and for camming the pressure roll into and out of cooperation with the platen roll.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal printer in which, even if a pair of head supporting members for supporting a thermal head composed of a line head has a positional error, the thermal head can be automatically adjusted to uniformly pressure-contact with a platen roller. A rotation supporting portion of a head supporting member is formed in a hole shape elongated in a direction parallel to a direction where a thermal head contacts with or separates from a platen roller. One end of each of the head supporting members is supported by a main body case so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the direction where the thermal head contacts with or separates from the platen roller.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a disc tray which is contained in the recording device and on which a DVD disc is to be placed, a select switch for switching between a protruding state and an accommodated state of the disc tray, and a sheet feed tray on which recording sheets are placed and which are disposed substantially parallel to the disc tray, wherein the select switch, the sheet feed tray and the disc tray are operated on the front side of the ink jet recording apparatus. Further, a disc tray is movable in a printing direction and a tray discharge direction. When the disc tray is loaded into or unloaded from the recording device, the disc tray is transported in the tray discharge direction to move to outside an ink jet recording device. In other cases than the above case, the disc tray is accommodated in the ink jet recording device. Thus, the disc tray is transported into two directions.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus comprises an ink-jet head having an ink ejection surface on which a plurality of nozzles are arrayed; a medium carrier forming a carrying surface on which a record medium is carried; a carriage mounted with the ink-jet head such that the ink ejection surface confronts the carrying surface; a carriage drive mechanism including a plurality of parallel guide rods supporting the carriage and extending across the direction where the record medium is carried by the medium carrier, the carriage drive mechanism reciprocating the carriage along the guide rods; and a guide shift mechanism for shifting the plurality of guide rods in a direction where the gap between the ink ejection surface and the carrying surface varies.

Abstract: A printing zone arrangement for an inkjet printer of the type having an inkjet type printing mechanism comprising at least one nozzle for printing ink onto at least one surface of print media is provided. The printing zone arrangement comprises first and second sets of opposed rollers that engage opposite sides of print media to define a printing zone therebetween. The print media is engaged by the rollers so that it is tensioned and unsupported through the printing zone. The printing zone is arranged adjacent the printing mechanism of the printer so that the nozzle of the printing mechanism is between 0.5 mm and 3 mm from the respective print media surface.

Abstract: A recording apparatus which comprises a recording material or tray conveying roller, a carriage lifting mechanism for changing an interval between the recording unit and the recording material, and a cleaning unit. In the apparatus, in accordance with a separation instruction, an interval between the recording unit and the recording material is changed before a recording operation is started. Further, in the apparatus, a position of the recording unit is returned to a predetermined position before a cleaning operation is started by the cleaning unit. Thereby, a recording apparatus has a simple configuration, and, by performing a simple control process, the function of the cleaning unit is used to ensure the function of the recording unit, even when the interval between the recording unit and the recording material is changed for the recording of a CD, for example.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gap adjusting device that allows gap adjustment with a small torque and also allows more gap positions to be set. The gap adjusting device rotates bushing members so as to change level (PG) of carriage guide shafts for guiding a carriage. An intermediate gear that engages with the bushing members has a boss to be inserted into a cam groove formed in a slidable member that can slide. In accordance with a sliding operation of the slidable member 51, PG is changed. The weights of the carriage and the carriage guide shafts are transmitted to the boss via the bushing members and the intermediate gear and therefore the boss is pushed against a sidewall of the cam groove to be in contact with the sidewall, thereby PG is maintained. Therefore, the slidable member 51 can be caused to slide with a small torque.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printer having a platen, a chassis sidewall and an attachment portion connecting the platen to the chassis sidewall. The attachment portion biases the platen toward the chassis sidewall.

Abstract: A head gap adjusting apparatus used with an ink-jet printer, in which there are provided a pair of carrier shaft lifting parts disposed upon a chassis to adjust the head gap between a paper and a print head by converting a force of horizontal motion to a force of vertical motion and transmit the converted force to a carrier shaft. Each of the carrier shaft lifting parts includes the following elements. A vertical opening is formed in the chassis to guide the end of the carrier shaft to be movable up and down. An elastic supporting member elastically supporting the carrier shaft within the vertical opening to prevent the carrier shaft from being freely moved during movements of the carrier for carrying out a printing. A horizontal moving device is for enabling an end of the carrier shaft to move up and down within the vertical opening against the elastic forces of the elastic supporting member during the horizontal movements thereof.

Abstract: The serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism preventing movement of carriage in the main scanning direction, and a controlling portion detecting a set condition for image formation in accordance with read data of timing fence from reading sensor for controlling image formation. The controlling portion detects the set condition for image formation in accordance with the read data obtained from the timing fence, so that detection of the set condition for image formation is enabled without increasing the size of an apparatus and cost, or without decreasing a processing efficiency in image formation.

Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting printhead-to-media spacing in a printer having a frame and a shiftable printhead-carrying carriage mounted on the frame for lateral movement relative to the frame, the apparatus comprising a first immovable mechanical contact actuator anchored to the frame and disposed beyond one end of a print-job range, and a first movable mechanical contact actuator movable with the carriage, positioned toward that side of the carriage which generally faces the first fixed actuator, and engageable with the first fixed actuator during movement of the carriage beyond the one end of the print-job range to cause a positional adjustment of the carriage which effects a change in printhead-to-media spacing.

Abstract: A recording apparatus can mount a special recording material, such as a compact disc (CD) or the like, in a state of being accommodated in a tray and perform recording on the special recording material. In this recording apparatus, by an operation of mounting a tray guide into the main body of the recording apparatus, an arm of the tray guide is inserted between a spur base for holding a spur, and a platen for holding sheet discharge rollers. The spur base thereby raises to separate the spur from the sheet discharge roller, and a space to allow passage of the tray is formed.

Abstract: A continuous media inkjet type printer has printheads located very close to a pair of opposed media feed rollers, thereby enabling a very small printhead to media gap due to the media being held at a substantially constant location by the feed rollers.