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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;
Makomo Tsubono, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Christopher Hibbard, Balmain, AU;
Paul Ian Mackey, Balmain, AU;
Makomo Tsubono, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
An inkjet printer having an inkjet printhead having at least one printhead IC for ejecting ink, and a support structure for mounting the ink jet printhead in the printer and supporting the at least one printhead IC. The support structure has a paper guide adjacent the at least one printhead IC. The printer also has a print platen for facing the at least one printhead IC during printing to define a gap between the print platen and the at least one printhead IC, the print platen having a guide surface for directing the sheets of print media into the gap. A media feed path extends through the printer along which sheets of media substrate are fed, the media feed path being partially defined by the paper guide on the support structure and the guide surface of the print platen. During use, the sheets of print media path in sliding contact with the paper guide and spaced from the guide surface during printing.