Claims
- 1. A printing device comprising:
- a hand-held portable body which a user positions adjacent a substrate having a printing surface upon which an image is to be printed, the portable body including a print face that is exposed to the printing surface and defines a region within which print is distributable;
- an ink jet print head and ink supply mechanism movably mounted within the portable body and being selectively operable at a plurality of locations within the print face to print ink images onto the printing surface without relative movement between the print face and printing surface;
- means located within the portable body for moving the print head along at least two orthogonal axes within the print face;
- electronic control means including store means for holding data defining at least part of the image; and
- means controlled by the control means for actuating the print head to print the image.
- 2. The printing device of claim 1 which further comprises means for holding the substrate adjacent the print face.
- 3. The printing device of claim 1 wherein the store means comprises a buffer and means for coupling the buffer to a computer terminal for transmission of data from the terminal to the buffer for printing.
- 4. The printing device of claim 1 wherein the portable body includes a handle for grasping by the user.
- 5. The printing device of claim 1 wherein the portable body includes a holder which is adapted to be mounted upon a computer terminal.
- 6. The printing device of claim 1 further comprising alignment means for aligning the printing device with respect to the printing surface on which an image is to be printed.
- 7. The printing device of claim 6, wherein said alignment means includes a corner having a right angle to allow the printing device in use to be aligned against a corner of an envelope.
- 8. The printing device of claim 6, which comprises means for holding the substrate against the print head.
- 9. The printing device of claim 1 further comprising, means for enabling a connection to a word processor terminal to allow address data to be passed from the word processor terminal to said printing device.
- 10. A hand-held printing device comprising:
- a hand-held portable body which a user holds, during printing, adjacent a substrate having a printing surface upon which an image is to be printed, the portable body including a print face that is exposed to the printing surface and defines a region within which print is distributable;
- an ink jet print head and ink supply mechanism movably mounted within the portable body and being selectively operable at a plurality of locations within the print face that is exposed to the printing surface without relative movement between the print face and printing surface;
- means located within the portable body for moving the print head along at least two orthogonal axes within the print face;
- electronic control means including store means for holding data defining at least part of the image; and
- means controlled by the control means for actuating the print head to print the image.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/042,355, filed Apr. 2, 1993, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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