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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Wei Lit Teoh, Singapore, SG;
Li-Wen Benedict Tan, Singapore, SG;
Eugene Goh, Singapore, SG;
Angel Astorgano-Ballesteros, Vancouver, WA (US);
Ken Ko, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The present subject matter describes determination of amount of print media present in an input tray of a printing system. In an example implementation of the present subject matter, a current operating torque of a motor that moves a pick arm for drawing print media from the input tray is monitored. The current operating torque is monitored while the pick arm is moved between a rest position and a pick-ready position. Based on the monitored operating torque, it is determined whether amount of print media present in the input tray is one of below and above a predefined amount of print media.