the paper holder and the two motors application_number US 99574597 A description fig1 shows a stationary pen printer 10 constructed according to the present invention a housing 12 includes a pen 14 for printing on a print medium such as in a preferred embodiment a piece of paper 22 said pen 14 being mounted in a stationary relationship to the housing 12 and contained a predetermined distance from the paper 22 by a pen holder not shown such as the pen holder described in u s pat no 5 392 063 the stationary pen printer 10 can use a commercially available pen 14 such as the hp c1816a a three color pen other commercially available pens suitable for use in the present invention range from four color pens to simple black and white units the pen 14 has a nozzle mechanism 20 for expelling ink onto the paper 22 typically the pen is mounted perpendicular to the direction of print across a page because it is stationary the pen 14 may be directly connected to the circuitry of the stationary pen printer 10 without the use of a flexible multi lead cable which would be required for a moving pen the housing 12 also has.