Personal digital assistant with integrated printer
View Patent ↗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.
1. A hand held personal digital assistant including:
an information storage device;
a display;
a printer including a pagewidth inkjet printhead and a print media cartridge;
a body section connected to said display through a hinge joint, said body section housing said information storage device, said print media cartridge being disposed within said hinge joint; and
a user interface housed in the body section, the user interface allowing a user to:
selectively retrieve and display information from said storage device on said display;
print said information using said printer; and
enter and store new information in said information storage device.
2. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 wherein said printer includes a supply of print media disposed within said personal digital assistant.
3. The personal digital assistant of claim 2 including a releasable cover portion through which a portion of said printer including said print media and/or an ink cartridge can be removed.
4. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 wherein said printer includes a monolithic pagewidth printhead.
5. The personal digital assistant of claim 1 wherein said user interface includes a touch screen integrated into the display.