Printed media stack alignment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorStephen Thomas Rohman
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Abstract
According to an example, printed media stack alignment may include actuating a belt and a paddle to shift first and second sheets to a stopper position represented by register of the first and second sheets against a stopper. The stopper may be actuated to shift the first and second sheets to an eject position, where the eject position is intermediate to a sheet deposit position and the stopper position. The belt and the paddle may be actuated to shift the first sheet, the second sheet, and a third sheet received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position. The stopper may be actuated to shift the first, second, and third sheets to the eject position. Further, an ejector may be actuated to eject a stack including the first, second, and third sheets from the eject position.
Claims15
A printed media stack alignment apparatus comprising:
- a belt and a paddle to shift sheets of printed media to a stopper position represented by register of the sheets against a stopper;
- an ejector to eject the sheets from an eject position that is intermediate to a sheet deposit position and the stopper position;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- shift, based on actuation of the belt and the paddle, first and second sheets received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position;
- shift, based on actuation of the stopper, the first and second sheets to the eject position;
- shift, based on the actuation of the belt and the paddle, the first, the second, and a third sheet received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position;
- shift, based on the actuation of the stopper, the first, second, and third sheets to the eject position;
- and
- eject, based on actuation of the ejector, a stack including the first, second, and third sheets from the eject position.
A method for printed media stack alignment comprising:
- determining that first and second sheets are received at a sheet deposit position;
- shifting, based on actuation of a belt and a paddle, the first and second sheets to a stopper position represented by register of the first and second sheets against a stopper;
- shifting, based on actuation of the stopper, the first and second sheets to an eject position that is intermediate to the sheet deposit position and the stopper position;
- shifting, based on the actuation of the belt and the paddle, the first sheet, the second sheet, and a third sheet received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position;
- shifting, based on the actuation of the stopper, the first, second, and third sheets to the eject position;
- continuing alternating actuation of
- the belt and the paddle to shift the first sheet, the second sheet, the third sheet, and further sheets received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position, and
- the stopper to shift the first sheet, the second sheet, the third sheet, and the further sheets to the eject position;
- and
- ejecting, based on actuation of an ejector, a stack including the first sheet, the second sheet, the third sheet, and the further sheets from the eject position.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions to provide printed media stack alignment, the machine readable instructions, when executed, cause a processor to:
- determine that first and second sheets are received at a sheet deposit position;
- actuate a belt and a paddle to shift the first and second sheets to a stopper position represented by register of the first and second sheets against a stopper;
- actuate the stopper to shift the first and second sheets to an eject position or another position, wherein the eject position and the other position are intermediate to the sheet deposit position and the stopper position;
- actuate the belt and the paddle to shift the first sheet, the second sheet, and a third sheet received at the sheet deposit position to the stopper position;
- actuate the stopper to shift the first, second, and third sheets to the eject position or the other position;
- and
- actuate an ejector to eject a stack including the first, second, and third sheets from the eject position or the other position.
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