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Printer assembly with a controller for maintaining a printhead at an equilibrium temperature

  • US 7,771,032 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2008
  • Issued: 08/10/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A printer assembly comprising:

  • a media housing unit having a number of ink reservoirs internally defined by a core portion around which print media is rolled;

    an ink supply and printhead unit attached to the media housing unit, said printhead unit having a guillotine blade assembly to cut the print media;

    a drive unit having a platen configured to extract the print media from the media housing unit and feed it past the printhead unit, said drive unit having ink transmission channels interposed between the ink reservoirs and the ink supply and printhead unit to feed ink from the ink reservoirs to the ink supply and printhead unit; and

    a controller for controlling operation of the printhead and drive units, said controller configured to maintain said printhead at an equilibrium temperature during printing.

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