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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Memjet Technology Limited, Dublin, IE;
Alejandro Campillo, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajan Ramaswamy, San Diego, CA (US);
Tinh Tran, San Diego, CA (US);
David Lovelace, San Diego, CA (US);
Memjet Technology Limited, , IE;
Abstract
A modular printer includes: a media feed path defining a media feed direction and a plurality of printer modules positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement so as to extend across a width of the media feed path. Each printer module includes a printhead and a respective maintenance sled for slidably moving towards the printhead in a direction parallel to the media feed direction. Further, the maintenance sleds for neighboring printer modules are configured to move in opposite directions towards their respective printheads.