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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Paul K. Mui, Boise, ID (US);
David J. Arcaro, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Roberto Obregon, Jalisco, MX;
Russell A. Mendenhall, Boise, ID (US);
Paul K. Mui, Boise, ID (US);
David J. Arcaro, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Roberto Obregon, Jalisco, MX;
Russell A. Mendenhall, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A representative embodiment provides for an imaging apparatus including an output tray supported by the imaging apparatus and configured to receive sheet media from a first source and a second source, wherein the first source and the second source are respectively supported by the imaging apparatus. Optionally, the imaging apparatus also includes a detector configured to provide a signal in response to a predetermined accumulation of sheet media from the first source and the second source within the output tray. Another embodiment provides a method of receiving a first sheet media and a second sheet media within a common output tray, including routing the first sheet media from an imaging device into the output tray using a diverter device, and routing the second sheet media from the imaging device into a sheet handling device and then into the output tray using the diverter device.