US Patent 7398967 Printing assembly for printing, stacking and binding pages

A printing assembly for printing on consecutive sheets of print media includes a printing station having at least one printhead configured to print on sheets of print media passing through the printing station. A feed station is positioned upstream of the printing station and is configured to feed the sheets of print media through the printing station along a feed path. An adhesive applicator station is positioned downstream of the printing station and is configured to apply adhesive to each of the sheets of print media. A tray is positioned downstream of the adhesive applicator station. The tray has a floor and side walls that are configured so that sheets from the adhesive applicator station bear against the side walls in a substantially aligned manner. A pressing mechanism is mounted on the tray and is reciprocally displaceable relative to the tray to press and bind the sheets together. The floor is adjustable relative to the pressing mechanism to minimize a necessary extent of displacement of the pressing mechanism relative to the tray.