Media cartridge for a low power printer
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1. A media cartridge including:
- a body;
a connector to enable connection of the cartridge to a complementary printer;
a media storage volume within the body in which individual sheets of media are stored;
a media outlet in the media storage volume through which media may be provided to a connected printer, and a manually driven feed mechanism operable by a user to feed sheets of media one at a time to a connected printer via the outlet.
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Abstract
A media cartridge for a printer has a connector for connecting to the printer and a media storage volume in which sheets of media are stored. A manually operated slider ejects one sheet at a time through an outlet to an input slot of the printer. The printer then draws the sheet past a printhead.
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7 Claims
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1. A media cartridge including:
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a body;
a connector to enable connection of the cartridge to a complementary printer;
a media storage volume within the body in which individual sheets of media are stored;
a media outlet in the media storage volume through which media may be provided to a connected printer, and a manually driven feed mechanism operable by a user to feed sheets of media one at a time to a connected printer via the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. The combination of a printer and media cartridge,
The printer including: -
a printer body;
a media input slot;
a first connector on the printer body, and a printhead;
the cartridge including;
a cartridge body;
a second connector on the cartridge body engaging the first connector of the printer;
a media storage volume in which individual sheets of media are stored;
a media outlet in the media storage volume through which media may be provided to the media input slot, and a manually driven feed mechanism operable by a user to feed a sheet of media one at a time to the printer via the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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