Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Datamax Corporation

G William Hartman

Ronald F Schley

Robert L Wohlers

Thomas R Routhieaux

John L Connin

A multi-format document printer and processor has a plurality of data writing and reading means for data in different formats, disposed along a transport path. Forms are separated from a continuous perforated form supply and advanced along the transport path. Bidirectional drive rollers disposed along the path advance the documents and reverse them for reprocessing as necessary. At the end of the transport path, the documents are routed to an exit hopper or a reject hopper and a sensor at the exit detects already-issued forms manually loaded by an operator, which already-issued forms can be likewise bidirectionally processed for reading, verification, modification and the like. The processor is preferably embodied for transportation tickets and boarding passes, having: optical character recognition (OCR) write and read devices, magnetic strip write and read devices and a dot matrix printer having an array of print heads operable to print a document in one pass. Reversible feed and take-up spools for a wide ribbon movably disposed under the dot matrix array are provided with separate bidirectional two-speed drives. Movable tension arms along the ribbon path detect a near-empty condition of either of the spools by timing the rate at which the tension arms are deflected with the spools operating at different speeds.

Processor for forms with multi-format data

A facsimile apparatus with a sheet feeding capability to supply sheets of documents and/or copy paper to a rotatable scanning drum. Rollers advance these sheets on a sheet-by-sheet basis along the transport path which includes a plurality of sensors. The drum is positioned so as to receive the sheets prior to scanning and subsequently repositioned after scanning so as to permit these sheets to be removed from the drum.

Facsimile sheet feeding apparatus

Method of and apparatus for facsimile sheet feeding

Document and copy media in a facsimile transceiver are fed along separate paths to a common loading area adjacent a scanning drum. A feed path for hand-fed sheets is located between the document and copy media storage areas to also supply sheets to the common loading area.

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Longwood, FL, United States of America

G William Hartman