Eastman-Kodak Company

David E Bettiol

Thomas R Hull

Theron W Genaux

A method may include the steps of providing a printing assembly that includes a plurality of printing modules that each include a specific toner color, wherein a first printing module is failing and at least one second printing module is functioning; determining a toner use demand for the plurality of printing modules; and swapping the first printing module with the at least one second printing module to facilitate reducing a downtime of the printing apparatus, wherein the first printing module has a toner use demand that is substantially greater than the toner use demand of the at least one second printing module.

Interchanging color printer and related method

Method for interchanging components in a printing apparatus

An automatic loader/unloader for a document feeder capable of feeding individual sheets of a document sheet set stack from a supply tray to an exposure station of a reproduction apparatus, and return such sheets to such supply tray, in a circulating manner along a travel path. The automatic loader/unloader comprises a first transport for transporting document sheets seriatim into the travel path, and a second transport for transporting document sheets seriatim from the travel path. A diverter selectively diverts document sheets into, or out of, the travel path. The diverter is controlled to load document sheets sequentially in the supply tray by directing document sheets transported by the first transport to form a document sheet set stack in the supply tray, or to sequentially unload document sheets from the supply tray by directing document sheets from the travel path to the second transport.

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Rush, NY, United States of America

David E Bettiol