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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Danny Hugh Addison, Durham, NC (US);
Stacy Leigh Arrington, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard Hunter Harris, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Andrew Myers, Cary, NC (US);
Danny Hugh Addison, Durham, NC (US);
Stacy Leigh Arrington, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard Hunter Harris, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Andrew Myers, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.