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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Daniel E. Perry, Camarillo, CA (US);
Stephen L. Ijams, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keath Jason Lawson Irizarry, Port Hueneme, CA (US);
Robert D. Hunter, Ventura, CA (US);
Caleb J. Bryant, Moorpark, CA (US);
Ericka H. Bryant, Moorpark, CA (US);
Daniel E. Perry, Camarillo, CA (US);
Stephen L. Ijams, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keath Jason Lawson Irizarry, Port Hueneme, CA (US);
Robert D. Hunter, Ventura, CA (US);
Caleb J. Bryant, Moorpark, CA (US);
ZIH CORP., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A device for processing media may include a modular design configured with a consumable support assembly configured to load a consumable supply spool and a consumable take-up spool into a device. Embodiments may include a printhead assembly that is structured to be removably received into a printhead guide and movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The printhead assembly may include a cooling channel configured to receive a cooling air flow. The printhead assembly may be easily removed from a media processing device and, when installed, engaged with the platen in response to a lid of the media processing device being closed.