Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Oscar Orozco

Bartomeu Gaya Pol

Jeffrey L Thielman

Niels Sanchez Van Den Beuken

It is hereby disclosed a carriage arrangement for lubricating a carriage, wherein the arrangement comprises: a carriage; a carriage beam; a drive mechanism to move the carriage along a longitudinal direction of the carriage beam; and a lubrication roller at a fixed position relative to the carriage beam, the lubrication roller having an outer surface with a non-lubricating section and a lubricating section each at a determined angular position; wherein the carriage is to contact the outer surface as it moves passed the lubrication roller and wherein the contact causes a rotation of the roller that modifies the angular positions of the lubricating section and the non-lubricating section.

Lubrication for carriage beam arrangements

A method of manufacturing a printer carriage comprises providing a printhead carrier component to receive a plurality of printheads according to a predefined printhead layout, providing a frame component, and attaching the printhead carrier component to the frame component. The printhead carrier component and the frame component are distinct components, which can be separately manufactured.

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Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain

Oscar Orozco