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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Lexmark International Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Douglas Anthony Able, Shelbyville, KY (US);
David J Mickan, Lexington, KY (US);
Kevin Dean Schoedinger, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for handling a time based error condition in an imaging apparatus. The method includes transporting a first media sheet from the media input tray towards the transfer nip of the imaging apparatus; and determining, when the first media sheet reaches a predetermined point in the media path, whether the print engine of the imaging apparatus is ready to transfer a first image of the plurality of images to the media sheet at the transfer nip. Upon a determination that the print engine is not ready, the first media sheet is transported through the transfer nip without transferring the first image thereto, until the first media sheet is placed in the output area, and a second media sheet is transported to the transfer nip, a first image is transferred to the second media sheet and the second media sheet is transported to the output area.