# US 2018/0147863 A1 · Printer with media storage device

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- Number: US 2018/0147863 A1
- Document ID: US20180147863A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/813,988
- Filed: 2017-11-15
- Published: 2018-05-31
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-30
- Assignees: Océ Holding B.V.
- Applicants: Océ Holding B.V.
- Inventors: Klaas Jan WIERDA; Andreas WIERDA; Lambertus A.H. VAN VONDEREN; Hugouw T. SCHENK; Norbert J.M. JANSSEN; Roelof HAMBERG; Christianus J.M.G. VAN RIJT
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180147863A1

## CPC

- B41J 13/0027: {in the printing section of automatic paper handling systems}
- B41J 3/46: Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
- B41J 3/54: with two or more sets of type or printing elements (B41J3/60 takes precedence)
- B41J 11/009: {Detecting type of paper, e.g. by automatic reading of a code that is printed on a paper package or on a paper roll or by sensing the grade of translucency of the paper}
- B41J 13/0036: {in the output section of automatic paper handling systems}
- B41J 13/103: {for the sheet feeding section}
- B41J 29/54: Locking devices applied to printing mechanisms
- G03G 15/5029: {by measuring the copy material characteristics, e.g. weight, thickness}
- B41J 2/01: Ink jet
- B41J 13/08: {Conveyor} bands or like feeding devices
- G03G 2215/00729: of sheet amount in input tray
- G03G 2215/00797: Printing device, i.e. annotation
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

A printer includes a media storage device, a print engine and a media supply system for supplying print media from the media storage device to the print engine. The printer is arranged to print media-related information onto media that are left over in the media storage device after a print process. The media storage device includes a tray arranged for accommodating cut media sheets and having an auxiliary printer for printing the media-related information onto a sheet in the tray.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printer comprising a media storage device, a print engine and a media supply system for supplying print media from the media storage device to the print engine, the printer being arranged to print media-related information onto media that are left over in the media storage device after a print process, the media storage device comprising a tray arranged for accommodating cut media sheets and having an auxiliary printer for printing the media-related information onto a sheet in the tray,
wherein
the printer comprises a controller capable of activating the auxiliary printer when detecting a command for opening the tray and the controller is configured to detect whether or not the tray is empty and to inhibit the auxiliary printer from printing when the tray is empty.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The printer according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output a message inviting a user to top up a supply of media sheets on the tray at a time before the tray is empty, and the controller is further configured to inhibit the auxiliary printer from printing when such a message has been output.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The printer according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to present, when detecting a command for opening the tray, a dialogue on a display, the dialogue inviting a user to indicate whether or not he wants to have printed the media-related information.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The printer according to claim 1, wherein the tray is arranged to accommodate a stack of media sheets, and the auxiliary printer is arranged for printing the media-related information onto a topmost sheet on the stack.