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.
A printer system includes a housing. A front panel is arranged at the end of the housing. The front panel has an opening defined therein. A carrier slidably arranged relative to the housing to be movable, in the opening, between a retracted position and an ejected position. The carrier carries a receptacle for a supply of print media, a receptacle for a supply of inks and a print engine including a page width printhead.
A guide 63 for guiding a card 10 to a printing unit 50, and guides 62, 61 for guiding the card from the printing unit 50 to a storage chamber for temporary storage, are integrally formed to a frame 30 having an integrally formed opening-shaped mounting unit 32 for fastening a printing unit 50 for printing and transporting the card 10, and a flat mounting surface 31c for fastening a control board for controlling the printing unit 50. The card printer is configured by housing the frame 30 in cases 20, 40, but because the major members and components are integrally formed or fastened to the card 10, disassembly and assembly can be easily accomplished.
Two molds (102, 104) are provided formed of semiconductor material. The molds (102, 104) have substantially planar working faces (108, 110) into which recesses (106, 112) are formed. In use the molds (102, 104) are pressed together with the working faces (108, 110) opposed so the recesses (106, 112) form mold cavities. The molds (102, 104) only contact each other in the plane of the working faces (108, 110).
A personal digital assistant 901 stores personal information in an electronic and transportable form. The digital assistant includes a body section 902 connected to a display screen 904. The body 902 houses a memory, control circuitry for operating the personal digital assistant and an internal printer 500 for printing stored and/or displayed information. The printer 500 has a removable ink/print media cartridge 504 disposed in the hinge joint 905 connecting the body section 902 and the display screen 904.
Two molds (102, 104) are provided formed of semiconductor material. The molds (102, 104) have substantially planar working faces (108, 110) into which recesses (106, 112) are formed. In use the molds (102, 104) are pressed together with the working faces (108, 110) opposed so the recesses (106, 112) form mold cavities. The molds (102, 104) only contact each other in the plane of the working faces (108, 110)
