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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Daniel Guiterrez Garcia, Barcelona, ES;
Ignacio Picatoste Olloqui, Barcelona, ES;
Laura Sanchez Domingo, Barcelona, ES;
Oriol Moliner Rafa, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, ES;
Daniel Guiterrez Garcia, Barcelona, ES;
Ignacio Picatoste Olloqui, Barcelona, ES;
Laura Sanchez Domingo, Barcelona, ES;
Oriol Moliner Rafa, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Ezequiel Jordi Rufes Bernad, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A media loading device includes a detachable stiffener that is detachably connected to a leading portion of a soft media and supports the leading portion of the soft media during threading of the soft media through a media path of a printer. A method for loading soft media includes detachably connecting a leading edge of soft media onto a detachable stiffener and placing the detachable stiffener and soft media into a printer. The detachable stiffener and soft media are fed through the media path in the printer.