Xerox Corporation

Martin Scott Walsh

Brent Rodney Jones

Trevor James Snyder

Frederick T Mattern

Todd D Smith

Edward Francis Burress

Richard Guy Chambers

Timothy L Crawford

Isaac S Frazier

Carl Thomas Urban

Aaron L Boyce

Paul Woodward

Mark Harris Tennant

Paul Gregory Van Gasse

John E Fanning

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

An ink loader for a phase change ink imaging device includes an automated access control system that enables ink stick insertion based on user initiated ink load requests with reference to the operating state of the imaging device.

Ink loader with access synchronization

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Martin Scott Walsh