INKJET PRINTER WITH PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE AND CRADLE THAT INTERENGAGE VIA AN OVERCENTRE MECHANISM

摘要

An inkjet printer with a printer body and a replaceable print-head cartridge (100), with a casing (184) to support a page width print-head. The printer body has a cradle (102) for holding the cartridge in an operative position such that the page width print-head is adjacent a paper path defined by the printer body. During insertion of the cartridge, the cradle and the casing interact to form an over centre mechanism whereby the cartridge rotates clockwise against a bias (142) until reaching a balance point, after which it is biased anticlockwise to rotate into the operative position.