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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2004
Michael Anthony Marra, Iii, Lexington, KY (US);
Randall David Mayo, Georgetown, KY (US);
Barry Baxter Stout, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Anthony Marra, III, Lexington, KY (US);
Randall David Mayo, Georgetown, KY (US);
Barry Baxter Stout, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A printer () in which a first sheet () to be imaged by printhead () is followed by a trailing media sheet. The first sheet is stopped intermittently so that the printhead can traverse the first sheet to print a partial image. The trailing media sheet is stopped behind the first sheet and is moved intermittently until it reaches or is near nip rollers (). Exit rollersandmove the first sheet out of the printer. When the exit rollers and the nip roller move forward and backward together the first sheet may be exited before the nip rollers are reversed to align the second sheet. Alternatively, the first sheet may be moved backward during alignment. The intermittent movement of the sheets may be at different times and with the trailing sheet moved less times and longer amounts than the first sheet is moved.