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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Donald A. Brown, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
David M. Parsons, Victor, NY (US);
Michael J. Telek, Pittsford, NY (US);
Marc J. Krolczyk, Spencerport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Instructions to print and deliver a printed item to a destination are received by a self-navigating mobile printer that makes autonomous printing decisions. An internal controller of the mobile printer autonomously determines whether to print the printed item using an internal printer within the mobile printer or an external printer, which may print faster and at lower cost than the internal printer. A self-drive unit of the mobile printer can move the mobile printer to an external printer, based on the internal controller's determination to print the printed item using the external printer. The printed item can be automatically retrieved from an output of the external printer and fed into a storage compartment of the apparatus, using an automated retrieval feeder of the mobile printer. The mobile printer then moves to the destination using the self-drive unit under control of the internal controller to deliver the printed item.