Multi-function media eject system in an ink jet printer

US6637742B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lexmark International, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Douglas Laurence Robertson · Lexington, US
• Randall David Mayo · Georgetown, US
• Barry Baxter Stout · Lexington, US
• Michael Anthony Marra, III · Lexington, US
• Walter K. Cousins · Lexington, US
• Herman Anthony Smith · Winchester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2513/51
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A multi-function media eject system and method for operation particularly useful for ink jet printers. At the start of a print job, the media type and print format are determined. If the media is either banner paper or envelope, or if the print format is draft quality printing, wings and kickers of the eject system are disabled, so the media exits the printer without support from the wings or influence from the kickers.