Lexmark International, Inc.

Aaron Wendell Billings

David Vincent Iorio

David Allen Crutchfield

John Dennis Zbrozek

Galen Arthur Rasche

A mechanism ( ) which can be used in a printer ( ), for example, for selectively moving sheets from first and second sheet stacks, including a rotating shaft ( ), a mechanism for causing the rotating shaft ( ) to rotate in first and second directions, and first and second media picks ( ). Rotation of the rotating shaft ( ) in the first direction causes the first media pick ( ) to move a sheet from the first sheet stack ( ) and rotation of the rotating shaft ( ) in the second direction causes the second media pick ( ) to move a sheet from the second sheet stack ( ).

Dual tray printer with single drive shaft and dual media picks

A printer having a media path through which a media sheet having a first surface and a second surface is transported. The printer includes a printhead, and a media frame having a base and an extension portion angularly extending upwardly away from the base. The base has a first edge spaced apart from a second edge. The first and second edges are located for contacting the media sheet on the first surface. The extension portion has a support surface for providing support for the media sheet at the first surface. The printer further includes a roller assembly having a roller positioned opposed to the extension portion, the roller engaging the second surface of the media sheet to define a line of contact with the media sheet. The line of contact defined by the roller and the first edge of the base determine a first curvature of the media sheet having a first radius, and the first edge and the second edge determine a second curvature of the media sheet having a second radius.

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Versailles, KY, United States of America

Aaron Wendell Billings