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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Richard A. Murray, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory M. Burke, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard A. Murray, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory M. Burke, San Diego, CA (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of detecting an edge of a piece of media in a printer, the method includes providing a carriage for moving a printhead and a photosensor along a carriage scan path; providing a light source; providing a light guiding element having a first end that is aimed at a first predetermined position along a media advance path between a media input region and a printing region and a second end that is aimed at a second predetermined position along the carriage scan path, moving the carriage to an edge-detection position such that the second end of the light guiding element is aimed at the field of view of the photosensor; directing light from the light source toward the first predetermined position; obtaining a signal generated in response to light received in the photosensor; and analyzing the signal to detect the edge of the piece of media.