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US 2004/0070135 A1Published application
Method of separating a sheet of print media from a stack of sheets
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorDavid William Jensen
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Abstract
A method of separating a sheet of print media from a stack (28) of sheets, the sheets being porous, includes blowing fluid on to a top surface of a topmost sheet (28.1) of the print media on the stack (28) so that the fluid passes through at least the topmost sheet (28.1) of the stack (28) and capturing at least a part of the topmost sheet for conveyance to a printing station (13) of a printer (10).
Claims8
A method of separating a sheet of print media from a stack of sheets, the sheets being porous and the method including the steps of:
- blowing fluid on to a top surface of a topmost sheet of the print media on the stack so that the fluid passes through at least the topmost sheet of the stack;
- and
- capturing at least a part of the topmost sheet for conveyance to a printing station of a printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.