Zebra Technologies Corporation

Hsinghan Tsai

Kuan-Ying Lu

Chia-Wen Chang

Randal Wong Mun Hon

Petrica Dorinel Balcan

Lawrence Edward Smolenski

David L Garbe

Shu-Hsun Chiang

Chris Colagiovanni

Randal Mun Hon Wong

An example printer including: a platen roller; a bushing connected to the platen roller, the bushing having a wing extending radially from the bushing; and a lower frame including: a channel to receive the platen roller in an operational position in which the platen roller is configured to feed media for a print head of the printer; an end piece defining an end of the channel, the end piece having an opening to receive the bushing when the platen roller is in the operational position; and a tab on the end piece, the tab positioned to interface with the wing of the bushing to secure the bushing in the opening such that the platen roller is maintained in the operational position within the channel.

Printer with tabs to secure platen roller bushing

A disclosed media processing device includes a lid hingedly attached to the base movable relative to the base between a closed position and an open position, wherein a cavity is defined between the base and the lid; a platen roller to form a first nip with a printhead, wherein media having a backing is to travel through the first nip; a modular peeler configured to remove the backing from the media downstream from the first nip, the modular peeler including a peel roller to form a second nip with the platen roller, wherein the backing is to travel through the second nip after being removed from the media.

Media processing device with enhanced media and ribbon loading and unloading features

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Taipei, Taiwan

Hsinghan Tsai