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Transparency detection in a tray

US6217168A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1999
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J11/009
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing system that includes a transparency film detector having a light source for illuminating a sheet of input media and a detector for detecting whether a portion of the light provided by the light source propagated by internal reflection within the volume of the illuminated input media sheet is detected.

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