Imaging system having media stack component measuring system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey S. Weaver, David J. Luman, Phillip R. Luque
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Abstract
The present invention provides an imaging system and method having a media stack component measuring system for identifying media characteristics. The imaging system includes a printer engine. A printer control system is in communication with the printer engine. A media holder is provided for holding a media stack including a plurality of sheets. A media stack component sensing system is provided which provides an output signal having a thickness component representative of sheet thickness of the sheets in the media stack.
Claims36
An imaging system comprising:
- a printer engine;
- a printer control system in communication with the printer engine;
- a media holder for holding a media stack including a plurality of sheets;
- and
- a media stack component sensing system which provides an output signal having a thickness component representative of sheet thickness of the sheets in the media stack.
A system for use in an imaging system comprising:
- a media stack component sensing system which provides an output signal having a thickness component representative of sheet thickness.
An imaging system comprising:
- a printer engine;
- a printer control system
- a media holder for holding a media stack including a plurality of sheets;
- a media stack component sensing system including a light source, a photodiode, a lens assembly and a sensor circuit which provides an output signal having a thickness component representative of sheet thickness.
An imaging system comprising:
- a printer engine;
- a printer control system
- a media holder for holding a media stack including a plurality of sheets;
- a sheet registration system configured to register a measured side of the media stack;
- and
- a media stack component sensing system including a light source operably positioned to illuminate the measured side of the media stack, a photodiode, a lens assembly positioned along an optical path between the photodiode and the measured side of the media stack, and a sensor circuit coupled to the photodiode which provides an output signal having a thickness component representative of sheet thickness.
A method of processing a print job in an imaging system comprising:
- scanning a sheet media stack at a registered edge;
- generating an output signal having one or more sheet media components representative of characteristics of the sheet media stack;
- and
- using the output signal to process the print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.