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US 11,858,260 B2Granted
Media management using a media management device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez, Francisco Guerrero Carvajal, Marcos Arminana Terrasa
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Abstract
Examples of a media management device for use in a media processing device are described, together with a media processing device for use with a media management device. The media management device supplies a continuous print media to the media processing device, while receiving the media from an external media source. The media management device is arranged to isolate a tension in the continuous print media experienced at the media processing device from a tension in the continuous print media experienced in the external media source.
Claims17
A media management device, comprising:
- an input media interface to receive continuous print media from an external media source;
- an output media interface to supply the continuous print media to an input roller of a media processing printing device comprising a printzone for deposit of printing fluid;
- and
- a nip defined between a first roller and a second roller, wherein at least one of the first roller and the second roller comprises a motorized roller, wherein the motorized roller has a lower coefficient of friction with respect to the continuous print media than the input roller of the media processing printing device, and
- wherein the continuous print media is received by the nip from the input media interface and is supplied from the nip to the output media interface;
- wherein the motorized roller is controlled to isolate a tension in the continuous print media at the input roller of the media processing printing device from a tension in the continuous print media at the external media source to allow control of the continuous print media in the media processing printing device to be isolated from conditions at the external media source.
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A media management device, comprising:
- an input media interface to receive continuous print media from an external media source;
- an output media interface to supply the continuous print media to an input roller of a media processing printing device comprising a printzone for deposit of printing fluid;
- and
- a nip defined between a first roller and a second roller, wherein at least one of the first roller and the second roller comprises a motorized roller, and
- wherein the continuous print media is received by the nip from the input media interface and is supplied from the nip to the output media interface;
- wherein the motorized roller is controlled to isolate a tension in the continuous print media at the input roller of the media processing printing device from a tension in the continuous print media at the external media source to allow control of the continuous print media in the media processing device to be isolated from conditions at the external media source,
- the media management device further comprising a levered mechanism to increase a separation of the nip to enable insertion of a leading edge of a new continuous print media.
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A device comprising:
- a media processing device;
- an input media management device;
- the media processing device including a media processing zone for processing a portion of continuous print media;
- and
- a motorized drive roller to receive the continuous print media for transport through the media processing zone,
- wherein the media processing device is couplable via an interface to the input media management device, the media processing device further comprising:
- an output media interface to receive the continuous print media from the input media management device, wherein a tension in the continuous print media at the motorized drive roller is isolated from tension in the continuous print media at an external media source using the input media management device to allow control of the continuous print media in the media processing device to be isolated from conditions at the external media source, and
- a nip defined in relation to a motorized nip roller of the media management device, wherein the continuous print media is received by the nip from the external media source and is supplied from the nip to the motorized drive roller of the media processing device, and wherein the motorized nip roller of the input media management device has a lower coefficient of friction with respect to the continuous print media than the motorized drive roller of the media processing device.
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A method of operating a media processing device, comprising:
- coupling a media management device to the media processing device;
- feeding a leading edge of continuous print media supplied from an external media source through a nip between two rollers of the media management device to an input roller of the media processing device;
- configuring the nip to apply a force to the continuous print media;
- configuring the media processing device to feed the continuous print media from the media management device through a media processing zone of the media processing device;
- and
- during processing by the media processing device, controlling a tension in the continuous print media by driving an input roller of the media processing zone and at least one of the two rollers of the media management device, wherein a tension in the continuous print media at an input to the media processing device is controlled independently of a tension in the continuous print media at the external media source to allow control of the continuous print media in the media processing device to be isolated from conditions at the external media source,
- wherein at least one of the two rollers of the media management device comprises a motorized roller, wherein the motorized roller has a lower coefficient of friction with respect to the continuous print media than the input roller of the media processing device.
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A method of operating a media processing device, comprising:
- coupling a media management device to the media processing device;
- feeding a leading edge of continuous print media supplied from an external media source through a nip between two rollers of the media management device to an input roller of the media processing device;
- configuring the nip to apply a force to the continuous print media;
- configuring the media processing device to feed the continuous print media from the media management device through a media processing zone of the media processing device;
- during processing by the media processing device, controlling a tension in the continuous print media by driving an input roller of the media processing zone and at least one of the two rollers of the media management device, wherein a tension in the continuous print media at an input to the media processing device is controlled independently of a tension in the continuous print media at the external media source to allow control of the continuous print media in the media processing device to be isolated from conditions at the external media source;
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- using a levered mechanism to increase a separation of the nip to enable insertion of a leading edge of a new continuous print media.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.