Xerox Corporation

Aaron L Boyce

David Lyell Knierim

Christian Carl Gadke

Nathaniel Morrison

Lee M Oien

Brent Rodney Jones

Trevor James Snyder

Todd D Smith

Edward Francis Burress

Timothy L Crawford

Isaac S Frazier

Carl Thomas Urban

Bruce K Baur

Mark Harris Tennant

Paul Woodward

Paul Gregory Van Gasse

Martin Scott Walsh

John E Fanning

Christian C Gadke

A printer architecture that enables a printer (or other media processing device) with an elongate foot print to be configured with media input and operator controls oriented at either a narrow end or a wide side thereof, that surface becoming the 'front' of the unit. Controls and/or display(s) are mounted such that either the end or side orientation can be accommodated. The media input tray includes a separate assembly so that selection of the tray with access to end or side complements the user control panel in establishing the front of the machine. The combination of control/display mounting and oriented media tray structure integration with the print engine to establish which of the printer surfaces is considered the front allows for multiple orientations of the printer and greater flexibility to the customer.

Printer architecture enabling narrow or wide front facing orientation

A method responds to an over-temperature condition in a printhead. The method includes generating a first electrical signal corresponding to a temperature in a printhead, monitoring the first electrical signal with a first electronic circuit to terminate delivery of electrical power to a printhead in response to detection of a safety event, and monitoring the first electrical signal with a second electronic circuit to regulate an amount of electrical power delivered to the printhead.

System and method for protecting a printer from an over-temperature condition in a printhead

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Tigard, OR, United States of America

Aaron L Boyce