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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A media processing device includes: a print head; a housing supporting the print head, and defining chambers to receive a media supply, and a ribbon supply; a media guide coupled to the housing, and defining a portion of a media path extending from the media supply to the print head; a first sensor support affixed to the media guide on a first side of the media path, between the media path and a ribbon path extending from the ribbon chamber to the print head; a ribbon sensor on a ribbon-facing side of the first sensor support; a first media sensor on an opposite, media-facing side of the first sensor support; a second sensor support affixed to the media guide on a second side of the media path, opposite the first side of the media path; and a second media sensor on a media-facing side of the second sensor support.