Printing device and method
US7484731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00548
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device and method for assisting a user to clear a media jam in a printing device that announces pages, picks media responsively to the announced pages and images the picked media using a media transport path, that: detects a media jam at a given location along the media transport path; halts printing device components upstream from the given location in the media path while continuing to image picked media downstream from the given location in the media transport path; and, prompts the user to clear the detected media jam from the given location after all downstream media has been imaged.
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