An accessory mating system for mating a print engine to an accessory may include a pin and a pin receiving detent. The pin has a collar having a pin vertical axis datum surface and a shaft extending from the collar. The shaft provides left-right axis datum surfaces and second opposite sides providing fore-aft axis datum surfaces. The pin receiving detent receives the pin. The pin receiving detent may include a detent perimeter providing a detent vertical axis datum surface, first opposite internal sides providing first detent left-right axis datum surfaces facing the pin left-right axis datum surfaces and second opposite internal sides providing detent fore-aft axis datum surfaces.

An image forming system includes a shelf portion, a post, and an image forming apparatus. An article is placeable on the shelf portion. The post is configured to support the shelf portion. The image forming apparatus is configured to form an image and includes a support portion on an upper surface of the image forming apparatus. The support portion is configured to support the post.

A printer mechanism having multiple hosts on a common platform, the printer mechanism comprising: a conveying platform (100) used for conveying a printing substrate, and an inkjet system (200) composed of a number of relatively independent hosts (210) connected to each other, the host (210) comprising at least a main cabinet (211) and an upper cabinet (212) extending from a side of the main cabinet (211), and the upper cabinets (212) of the whole inkjet system (200) being distributed in parallel above the conveying platform (100); and the printer mechanism further comprising a spray carriage system (300) composed of a number of relatively independent spray carriages (310) installed with a spray nozzle module and connected to each other, the spray carriage system (300) being disposed between the inkjet system (200) and the conveying platform (100), and the spray carriages (310) being correspondingly connected to the hosts (210) one by one.

The invention relates to a printing system for printing images and/or documents with at least a first printing module.

To allow flexible setting up, the printing module has a cuboidal housing with a top part, a bottom part, a front part, a rear part and two side parts, the top part with the bottom part and also the two side parts forming a body, which is closed on the front side by the front part and on the rear side by the rear part, a receiving space for a printer being formed within the body and an operator interface and also a removal opening, connected to a removal compartment, for the print media coming out of the printer being formed in the front part.

In an example, a system may include a first device module and a second device module coupled by a slot interface and a bracket. An example first device module may include a frame and the slot interface fixedly coupled to the frame. An example slot interface includes a guide member to define part of a channel. An example bracket may have a portion of the bracket to slidably fit in the channel of the slot interface. In an example system, a fastener couples the bracket to the frame of a second device module.

A digital inkjet flatbed printer having a separate laser processing machine includes a laser processing machine and a digital inkjet printer. The laser processing machine is provided with a laser output module and a laser processing platform. The digital inkjet printer includes an inkjet output module and an inkjet operating platform. The inkjet operating platform is capable of movably ascending from and descending onto the digital inkjet printer. Thus, when the inkjet operating platform is descended, the laser processing machine is movably connected to the inkjet operating platform, such that the laser output module of the laser processing machine and the inkjet output module of the digital inkjet printer are on the laser processing platform of the laser processing machine and sequentially used for laser processing and inkjet printing respectively.

A printer and corresponding method of printing a selected plurality of horticultural identification tags comprising providing a printing system having a housing comprising a first printer, a second printer, a tag creasing mechanism and a tag separating mechanism where a supply of unprinted tags on a continuous roll and connected along a first side to a subsequent tag are directed to an automatic feed mechanism configured to feed at least a first tag through an inlet in the housing to the first printer and printing a selected image on a first side of the tag. Flipping the tag to expose a reserve, unprinted side and feeding the first tag to a second printer for printing a selected image on a reverse side of the tag and flipping the tag to expose the first printed side and automatically feeding the printed tag to a mechanism configured to crease a selected portion of the tag. Providing the tag to a cutter configured to cut a first side of the tag to separate the tag from a subsequent tag and collecting the printed and cut tags in a stack.

A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording on a medium, a body in which the recording unit is mounted, a housing configured to house the body, and a holding portion configured to hold the body at a predetermined position with respect to the housing. The predetermined position includes a closed position, a first open position, and a second open position. The closed position is a position at which the body is housed inside the housing. The first open position is a position at which the body protrudes from the housing in a first displacement direction of a displacement direction intersecting with a vertical direction by a first distance. The second open position is a position at which the body protrudes from the housing in the first displacement direction by a second distance longer than the first distance.

A printer and corresponding method of printing a selected plurality of horticultural identification tags comprising providing a printing system having a housing comprising a first printer, a second printer, a tag creasing mechanism and a tag separating mechanism where a supply of unprinted tags on a continuous roll and connected along a first side to a subsequent tag are directed to an automatic feed mechanism configured to feed at least a first tag through an inlet in the housing to the first printer and printing a selected image on a first side of the tag. Flipping the tag to expose a reserve, unprinted side and feeding the first tag to a second printer for printing a selected image on a reverse side of the tag and flipping the tag to expose the first printed side and automatically feeding the printed tag to a mechanism configured to crease a selected portion of the tag. Providing the tag to a cutter configured to cut a first side of the tag to separate the tag from a subsequent tag and collecting the printed and cut tags in a stack.

An image forming apparatus configured to form a toner image on a recording medium includes a first frame, a conveyance roller configured to convey the recording medium, a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium, a second frame separably mounted to the first frame in a vertical direction, and a discharging unit configured to discharge the recording medium, which is conveyed from the first frame to the second frame, to an outside. At least part of the transfer unit and at least part of the conveyance roller are supported by the first frame. The discharging unit is supported by the second frame.