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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Juan Manuel Jimenez, Escondido, CA (US);
Inventor:
Juan Manuel Jimenez, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/315 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); G01D 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet printer having a print region, the inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead; a media advance system for advancing recording medium through the printing region; a carriage for moving the printhead back and forth in a carriage scan direction across the print region, the carriage including a first magnetic element; and a platform that is movable along the carriage scan direction, the platform including: an optical sensor for receiving light from the recording medium to determine a type of recording medium; and a second magnetic element for selectively coupling to the first magnetic element.