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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Steven Goss, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
James D. Bledsoe, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd A. Mcclelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Roger Switzer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Steven Goss, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregory F. Carlson, Corvallis, OR (US);
James D. Bledsoe, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd A. McClelland, Corvallis, OR (US);
Roger Switzer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems that facilitate common feed path printing devices to discern between original media and blank media are described herein. The novel systems may include, among other things, a print and a scan mechanism having a common input path to receive a first and a second media, the first media being original media to be scanned by the scan mechanism, and the second media being blank media to be printed on by the print mechanism. The system may further include a divider and a first sensor. The divider being configured to provide to the common feed path the first and the second media by defining a first and a second input slot to locate the first and the second media, respectively, wherein the divider to provide the first and the second media to the common feed path via the first and second input slots. The first sensor may detect absence of the first media in the first input slot.