1. A multifunction printer comprising:
a) a printing apparatus including:
i) a printer chassis having a media input region, a printing region, and a media support element;
ii) a carriage configured to move a printhead in a carriage scan direction along the printing region; and
iii) a plurality of rollers configured to transport a recording medium from the media input region, across the media support element and to the printing region; and
b) a scanning apparatus to convert an image into digitized data, the scanning apparatus including a base that is affixed to the printer chassis, wherein the base of the scanning apparatus comprises a guide for the recording medium.
2. The multifunction printer of claim 1, the scanning apparatus further comprising a transparent member on which items to be scanned can be placed, wherein the base of the scanning apparatus includes a first side that faces the transparent member and a second side, opposite the first side, that faces the printer chassis, and wherein the guide for the recording medium is on the second side of the base of the scanning apparatus.
3. The multifunction printer of claim 1, the plurality of rollers including a feed roller, the multifunction printer further comprising a biasing member configured to form a nip against the feed roller, wherein the biasing member is affixed to the base of the scanning apparatus.
4. The multifunction printer of claim 3, wherein the biasing member includes a plurality of pinch rollers configured to press against the feed roller to form the nip.
5. The multifunction printer of claim 4 further comprising a plurality of springs that are configured to provide a biasing force on the biasing member to press the pinch rollers against the feed roller.
6. The multifunction printer of claim 4, the biasing member including a first section and a second section, each section including at least one pinch roller, wherein the pinch rollers) of the first section can be moved away from the feed roller independently of the pinch roller(s) of the second section.
7. The multifunction printer of claim 6, the biasing member further including a joining portion wherein the first section is separated from the second section by a slot that extends from the pinch rollers to the joining portion.
8. The multifunction printer of claim 3, wherein the biasing member is pivotably affixed to the base of the scanning apparatus, so that the biasing member can be pivoted by at least ten degrees about an axis that is parallel to the carriage scan direction.
9. The multifunction printer of claim 3, wherein the biasing member is configured to be snap fitted to the base of the scanning apparatus.
10. The multifunction printer of claim 3, the biasing member including a side facing the printer chassis, wherein the side facing the printer chassis is configured to guide the recording medium as the recording medium moves across a portion of the media support element.
11. The multifunction printer of claim 10, wherein the side of the biasing member facing the printer chassis includes a plurality of ribs.
12. The multifunction printer of claim 1, wherein the guide of the base of the scanning apparatus includes a plurality of ribs.
13. The multifunction printer of claim 1, wherein the media support element of the printer chassis includes a plurality of ribs.
14. The multifunction printer of claim 1, the media input region being disposed proximate a bottom of the printer chassis, wherein the media support element is disposed above the media input region and the guide of the scanner base is disposed above the media support element when the multifunction printer is oriented in its operating position.
15. The multifunction printer of claim 14, the plurality of rollers including a turn roller that is configured to move the recording medium along a pathway bounded below by the media support element and bounded above by the guide of the scanner base.
16. The multifunction printer of claim 1, wherein the scanner base is formed of a single piece of plastic.
17. The multifunction printer of claim 1, wherein the printer chassis is formed of a single piece of plastic.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising:
a two-dimensional light source; and
a liquid crystal panel assembly that is disposed proximate to the two-dimensional light source and includes two panels and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the two panels,
wherein the two-dimensional light source includes:
a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having holes passing from a lower surface to an upper surface of the PCB substrate;
wires disposed on the lower surface of the PCB substrate;
a heat radiating substrate, which has holes passing from a lower surface to an upper surface of the heat radiating substrate, the lower surface of the heat radiating substrate being attached to the upper surface of the PCB substrate;
a light emitting diode (LED) chip disposed on the upper surface of the heat radiating substrate;
plugs that connect electrodes of the LED chip directly to the wires through the holes of the PCB and heat radiating substrates;
a buffer layer disposed directly on the LED chip that covers the LED chip; and
an optical layer, which is disposed on the buffer layer, and includes an optical pattern formed at a portion of the optical layer corresponding to the LED chip.
2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprising a first polarizer disposed on a first side of the liquid crystal panel assembly and a second polarizer disposed on a second side of the liquid crystal panel assembly.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprising an optical film provided between the two-dimensional light source and the liquid crystal panel assembly.
4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the buffer layer has a planarized upper surface.