Claims
- 1. A printhead cartridge, comprising:
a cartridge body having a generally box like shape with front, side, top and bottom wall members for holding a supply of fluid therein; a printhead in fluid communication with said supply of fluid for ejecting fluids carried within said cartridge body; an outwardly projecting boss integrally connected to the front wall member for spacing said printhead away from the front wall member of said cartridge body and for defining a pair of wiper debris collectors.
- 2. A transaction printing device, comprising:
a base having a width dimension no greater than about 6.5 inches; a printhead cartridge stall coupled to said base and mounted for rectilinear movement along a path of travel along said width dimension, said stall being dimensioned to support from below a printhead cartridge for facilitating the ejecting of ink onto a transaction receipt having a width dimension of about 3 inches; and wherein said printhead cartridge includes:
a cartridge body having a generally box like shape with front, side, top and bottom wall members for holding a supply of ink therein; a printhead in fluid communication with said supply of ink for ejecting ink carried within said cartridge body; an outwardly projecting boss integrally connected to the front wall member for spacing said printhead away from the front wall member of said cartridge body and for defining a pair of wiper debris collectors.
- 3. A printhead cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said integrally connected boss includes an elongated recess having a sufficient depth and width for receiving therein said printhead to form a pair of spaced apart debris accumulating channels.
- 4. A transaction printing device according to claim 2, wherein said integrally connected boss includes an elongated recess having a sufficient depth and width for receiving therein said printhead to form a pair of spaced apart debris accumulating channels.
- 5. A printhead cartridge according to claim 3, wherein said debris accumulating channels are in fluid communication with said debris collectors.
- 6. A transaction printing device according to claim 4, wherein said debris accumulating channels are in fluid communication with said debris collectors.
- 7. A printhead cartridge according to claim 1 wherein said integrally connected boss in plan-view with the front wall of said cartridge body has an inverted T configuration.
- 8. A transaction printing device according to claim 2, wherein said integrally connected boss in a plan-view with the front wall of said cartridge body has an inverted T configuration.
- 9. A printhead cartridge according to claim 7 wherein said wiper debris collectors in said plan-view have a generally rectangular shape.
- 10. A transaction printing device according to claim 8 wherein said wiper debris collectors in said plan-view have a generally rectangular shape.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to co-pending patent application Ser. No.: ______ by Yinan Xu, entitled “Wiper Cleaning Apparatus and Method of Using Same” filed Dec. 23, 1999, and co-pending patent application Ser. No.: ______ by Yinan Xu et al., entitled “Transaction Printing Device and Method of Using Same,” filed Dec. 23, 1999.