US6158907A
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PC card printer
Assignee: Memjet Technology Ltd
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Filing: 1999-11-09
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Granted: 2000-12-12
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Expires: 2019-11-09
Abstract
Abstract A portable printer for printing out small, typically business card size, sheets using a pagewidth inkjet printhead. At one end of the printer there is provided a PCMCIA plug for interconnection with a PC card slot. In one form of the invention, the entire printer and paper supply cartridge are approximately the size of a PCMCIA type III card.
Inventors
- 👤 Kia Silverbrook
- 👤 Tobin Allen King
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:39
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J3/00; B41J3/44; B41J3/445; B41J13/00; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J3/36; B41J3/407; H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/21; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0034; H04N2201/0048; H04N2201/0051; H04N2201/0063; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0082; H04N2201/0096
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A printer which includes a support case; a PC card interface plug positioned at one end of the support case and operatively engageable with a PC card slot of a computer-based machine; an ink jet printing unit positioned at an opposed end of the support case, the ink jet printing unit incorporating a printhead which, in turn, is formed using complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technologies; and a docking bay for a sheet paper cartridge holder positioned intermediate the interface plug and the printing unit, and configured so that sheets of paper can be fed from a cartridge positioned in the docking bay, past the printhead.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A printer which includes a support case; a PC card interface plug positioned at one end of the support case and operatively engageable with a PC card slot of a computer-based machine; an ink jet printing unit positioned at an opposed end of the support case, the ink jet printing unit incorporating a printhead which, in turn, is formed using complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technologies; and a docking bay for a sheet paper cartridge holder positioned intermediate the interface plug and the printing unit, and configured so that sheets of paper can be fed from a cartridge positioned in the docking bay, past the printhead.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A printer as claimed in claim 1, which includes a detachable sheet paper cartridge that is dimensioned so that a stack of generally business card sized sheets of paper can be stored in the cartridge, the cartridge being detachably received in the docking bay.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A printer as claimed in claim 2, which includes a number of rollers that are positioned to engage sheets of paper in the cartridge and to feed the sheets past the printhead.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A printer as claimed in claim 3, in which the cartridge includes a spring device that is positioned to urge the stack of sheets towards a position in which the sheets can be fed from the cartridge by the rollers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A printer as claimed in claim 4, in which the cartridge includes a cover, the spring device being positioned so that, in use, the spring device serves to urge the stack of sheets away from the cover.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A printer as claimed in claim 1, in which the printing unit includes at least one ink reservoir in which ink to be fed to the printhead is stored.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A printer as claimed in claim 6, in which the printing unit includes a number of ink reservoirs, each corresponding to a respective ink of a particular color.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A printer as claimed in claim 1, which includes a printer control chip connected between the PC card interface and the printing unit to control operation of the printing unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A printer as claimed in claim 2, in which the support case and the printing unit are dimensioned to be approximately the size of a PCMCIA card.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A printer as claimed in claim 1, in which the PC card interface plug is a PCMCIA card interface plug.
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