Computer monitor
A computer monitor houses a display for displaying to a user display data received from a computer system and a printer including a pagewidth printhead. The printhead is disposed behind the display as viewed by the user and prints the display data onto print media. In the preferred embodiments, the pagewidth printhead extends across the entire width of the display.
1. A computer monitor comprising:
a housing being detached from a computer system used in conjunction with the computer monitor, the housing having an ejection slot in a base wall of the housing;
a display for displaying to a user display data received from a computer system, the display being disposed within the housing;
a printer including a pagewidth printhead disposed within the housing and behind said display as viewed by the user, the pagewidth printhead for printing said display data onto print media and ejecting the print media via the ejection slot; and
a connect on configured to allow releasable operative connection of the computer system to the computer monitor, for receiving the display data from the computer system.
2. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , further including a print media feed mechanism for feeding print media to the printhead for printing.
3. A computer monitor according to claim 2 , wherein the print media feed mechanism is configured to position the paper substantially parallel in at least one direction with respect to a plane defined by the flat panel display.
4. A computer monitor according to claim 3 , wherein the print media feed mechanism is configured to accept a single sheet of paper at a time for printing.
5. A computer monitor according to claim 3 , wherein the print media feed mechanism includes a paper separator for feeding a single sheet of paper to the printhead from a stack of sheets of paper.
6. A computer monitor according to claim 1 wherein the pagewidth printhead extends across the width of the display.
7. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the connection includes at least one socket for accepting at least one corresponding data cable.
8. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the connection includes a wireless receiver for receiving the print data and/or the display data.
9. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the connection is a Universal Synchronous Bus (USB) connection.
10. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the printer is a process color printer.
11. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the printer is an inkjet printer.
12. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the printer has more than 5,000 inkjet nozzles.
13. A computer monitor according to claim 6 , wherein the flat panel display measures at least 14 inches on the diagonal.
14. A computer monitor according to claim 1 , including at least two of the printheads, the printheads being disposed on either side of a path through which the paper is fed for printing, thereby enabling substantially simultaneous printing of both sides of a sheet of paper.