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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Joseph Marasco, Fairport, NY (US);
Todd Maurice Uthman, Rochester, NY (US);
Adam D. Ledgerwood, Geneva, NY (US);
Joseph Marasco, Fairport, NY (US);
Todd Maurice Uthman, Rochester, NY (US);
Adam D. Ledgerwood, Geneva, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for lifting an elevator plate of a media tray in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to print a print job using stacked media from one of one or more media trays, initiating lifting of the leading edge of the elevator plate so that the stacked media may be received by the one or more feeder rollers, initiating printing of the requested print job from the one of one or more media trays, determining if the amount of stacked media in the one of the one or more media trays is less than a predetermined amount, wherein if it is determined that the amount of stacked media in the one of the one or more media trays is less than the predetermined amount, initiating lifting of both of the leading and trailing edge of the elevator plate so that the stacked media may be received by the one or more feeder rollers.