a versatile and convenient electronic stamper that overcomes limitations of conventional systems including greater robustness in message transfer as well as disproportionate costs . a print solution includes a hand - held housing defining a print area aperture ; and a printhead array including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of print elements , the printhead sized to substantially cover the print area aperture and configured to apply a print element to any part of the print area aperture without relative motion between the print head and the print area aperture .