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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Michael John Wilsher, Letchworth Garden City, GB;
Simon Neil Jowett, St Albans, GB;
Paul Simon Golding, Hertford, GB;
Stephen Canning, Baldock, GB;
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A printing device includes a print media pathway connecting a print media source with a marking component. A flexible member, positioned in the pathway, is deflected by a moving sheet of media to be printed by the marking component. A sensor system outputs a signal in response to a detected deflection of the flexible member. A weight output component outputs a weight-related value for the sheet based on the output signal. The weight-related value may correspond to one of a predefined set of print media weight ranges, each range associated with one or more respective settings for the printing device. An adjustment component adjusts the settings of the printing device based on the weight-related value. This allows the printing device to respond dynamically to changes in print media weight without the need to be provided with the weight of the print media currently installed in the printer by a user.