Modular removable rollfeed apparatus for a printer

摘要

A removable rollfeed adapted to be attached to a printer comprising a pair of rollfeed supports, each having means for holding an end of a media shaft, wherein each said rollfeed support is independently mountable on a printer. Independent mounting considerably eases the task of attaching or removing the rollfeed apparatus from a printer since only one relatively small support need be handled and aligned with the printer at a time. No strengthening or stiffening members are required between the two rollfeed supports since the printer itself provides sufficient structural integrity between the supports once they are mounted on the printer. Preferably the rollfeed supports are slidably mountable to the underside of the printer.