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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
May. 26, 1999
Lawrence C Hubler, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for scheduling copy sheets in a duplex copy mode uses an interleave mode in which at least one skipped pitch is provided between copy sheets along a paper transport path. The method includes transporting first and second copy sheets along the paper transport path, determining whether the paper transport path contains an even or an odd pitches and creating a skipped pitch when an even number of pitches is detected and the first and second copy sheets are in adjacent pitches and from different sets. According to another method, first and second copy sheets in first and second sets, respectively, are transported along a paper transport path, a determination is made as to whether the first and second copy sheets occupy adjacent pitches, and one of the first and second copy sheets is shifted into an adjacent available pitch to create a skipped pitch between the first and second copy sheets when it is determined that the first and second copy sheets occupy adjacent pitches.