Recess mountable printing system
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1. A recess-mountable printer including:
- a housing having at least one outer surface, the at least one outer surface including a front, the front of the housing having a media ejection slot adapted to facilitate the ejection of printable media from within the housing, and the housing containing an ejectable tray adapted to contain;
(a) a supply of printable media;
(b) a printhead adapted to print printable information on printable media; and
(c) an ink supply adapted to provide ink to the printhead, wherein the printer is adapted to be operable when mounted within a recess in a mounting unit.
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Abstract
A recess-mountable printer having a housing with a top, a base, a pair of sides, a back and a front. The front of the housing has a paper ejection slot which is designed to facilitate the ejection of paper from within the housing. The housing contains a paper tray which is adapted to receive and retain paper, a printhead which is adapted to print text, data and images on the paper, and an ink supply which is adapted to provide ink to the printhead. The recess-mountable printer is designed to be operable when mounted within a recess in a television, VCR, CD player or other mounting unit.
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1. A recess-mountable printer including:
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a housing having at least one outer surface, the at least one outer surface including a front, the front of the housing having a media ejection slot adapted to facilitate the ejection of printable media from within the housing, and the housing containing an ejectable tray adapted to contain;
(a) a supply of printable media;
(b) a printhead adapted to print printable information on printable media; and
(c) an ink supply adapted to provide ink to the printhead, wherein the printer is adapted to be operable when mounted within a recess in a mounting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
(i) text;
(ii) images; and
(iii) data.
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20. A printer as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mounting unit comprises one or more of:
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(i) a computer housing;
(ii) a television;
(iii) a video cassette recorder;
(iv) a compact disc player;
(v) a digital video disc player;
(vi) a hi-fi system;
(vii) a web/Internet terminal;
(viii) a computer monitor; and
(ix) a vehicle console.
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