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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2000
Larry Steven Foster, Lexington, KY (US);
Randall Steven Gall, Lexington, KY (US);
James Philip Harden, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
Substantially uniform spacing between a printhead and a platen throughout a print zone associated with said printhead in an ink jet printer is provided. The ink jet printer includes a printer frame, and the platen is slideably coupled to the printer frame. A first carrier guide rod is attached to the printer frame, and a second carrier guide rod has at least one end adjustably attached to the printer frame. A position of the second carrier guide rod is adjusted to provide parallelism between the first carrier guide rod and the second carrier guide rod. The platen is biased to a position relative to a position of at least one of the first carrier guide rod and the second carrier guide rod.