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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Datamax-o'neil Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION, Orlando, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printer comprises a processor; a media hanger comprising a sensor array receiving space extending along a length of the media hanger; and a sensor array positioned in the sensor array receiving space and communicatively connected to the processor, the sensory array comprising a plurality of sensor pairs, each sensor pair having an emitter and a receiver, the sensor array being configured to: emit light from the emitter outward from the media hanger, detect the emitted light after the emitted light is reflected off a surface of media loaded on the media hanger, transmit signal intensity of the reflected light detected by each of the sensor pairs to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to determine a width of the media loaded on the media hanger based on the signal intensity detected by each of the sensor pairs.


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