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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Memjet Technology Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Mark Profaca, North Ryde, AU;
David Burke, North Ryde, AU;
Billy Sy, North Ryde, AU;
Gilbert Alemana, North Ryde, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, North Ryde, AU;
Rommel Balala, North Ryde, AU;
Memjet Technology Ltd., , IE;
Abstract
A printer includes: a media support defining a media feed path; and a pagewide printing unit for printing onto media fed along the media feed path. The printing unit includes: a maintenance chassis fixedly positioned over the media feed path, the maintenance chassis having a maintenance module fixedly mounted thereto; a print bar chassis movably mounted on the maintenance chassis, the print bar chassis including a print module having a printhead; and a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the print bar chassis relative to the maintenance chassis between a maintenance position a printing position. The printhead extends and retracts through a space defined by the maintenance module in the printing and maintenance positions, respectively.