Expandable/contractible type portable printer
First Claim
1. An expandable/contractible type portable printer comprising:
- an expandable/contractible casing including an enclosure and opposite outer jackets expandably and contractibly mounted at opposite sides of the enclosure;
a printing unit disposed in the casing for printing on a recording sheet by jetting ink onto the recording sheet from a printing head mounted on a carriage which is reciprocatively movable in a primary scanning direction; and
a sheet feed unit disposed in the casing for feeding the recording sheet in a secondary scanning direction, the opposite outer jackets being coupled to the enclosure by a rack-and-pinion mechanism so as to be expandable and contractible with respect to the enclosure evenly in opposite lateral directions.
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Abstract
An expandable/contractible type portable printer is provided, including: an expandable/contractible casing including an enclosure and opposite outer jackets expandably and contractibly mounted at opposite sides of the enclosure; a printing unit disposed in the casing for printing on a recording sheet by jetting ink onto the recording sheet from a printing head mounted on a carriage which is reciprocatively movable in a primary scanning direction; and a sheet feed unit disposed in the casing for feeding the recording sheet in a secondary scanning direction, the opposite outer jackets being coupled to the enclosure by a rack-and-pinion mechanism so as to be expandable and contractible with respect to the enclosure evenly in opposite lateral directions.
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1. An expandable/contractible type portable printer comprising:
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an expandable/contractible casing including an enclosure and opposite outer jackets expandably and contractibly mounted at opposite sides of the enclosure;
a printing unit disposed in the casing for printing on a recording sheet by jetting ink onto the recording sheet from a printing head mounted on a carriage which is reciprocatively movable in a primary scanning direction; and
a sheet feed unit disposed in the casing for feeding the recording sheet in a secondary scanning direction, the opposite outer jackets being coupled to the enclosure by a rack-and-pinion mechanism so as to be expandable and contractible with respect to the enclosure evenly in opposite lateral directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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