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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Arthur H Barnes, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jody L Clayburn, Vancouver, WA (US);
Francisco Javier Gomez Maurer, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kevin Lo, Vancouver, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
According to examples, a printing apparatus may include an output bin that is laterally translatable between a retracted position and an extended position. The printing apparatus may also include a sensor to detect a height of a stack of media on the output bin while the output bin is in the retracted position and a controller. The controller may determine whether the detected height of the stack of media on the output bin exceeds a certain level and in response to a determination that the detected height of the stack of media exceeds the certain level, laterally translate the output bin from the retracted position to the extended position.