Inline duplexer media path
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJUN Hong Goh, Xiaoxi Huang, Lian Chye Tan, Wei Lit Teoh
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Abstract
In one example, a system for a inline duplexer media path includes a first print media pathway extending from an input roller to an output roller, wherein the first print media pathway provides the print media through a print zone, and a second print media pathway extending from the output roller to the input roller, wherein the second print media pathway is substantially parallel and separate from the first print media pathway.
Claims15
A system for an inline duplexer media path, comprising:
- a first print media pathway extending from an input roller to an output roller, wherein the first print media pathway provides the print media through a print zone;
- and
- a second print media pathway extending from the output roller to the input roller, wherein the second print media pathway is substantially parallel to the first print media pathway and separated from the first print media pathway by a flipper.
A device with an inline duplexer media path, comprising:
- a first print media pathway to provide print media through a print zone, wherein the first print media pathway extends from an input roller to an output roller;
- a flipper between the output roller and the print zone to allow the print media to exit the first print media pathway to an output zone;
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- the output roller to reverse direction of the print media when the print media passes the flipper to provide the print media to a second print media pathway, wherein the second print media pathway provides the print media to the input roller to allow the print media to pass through the first print media pathway.
A method for an inline duplexer media path, comprising:
- providing a first edge of print media to an input roller;
- providing, via the input roller, the print media to a first print media pathway to be received at a print zone with a first side of the print media exposed to a print zone;
- providing a portion of the print media to an output tray;
- reversing the output roller to provide the print media to a second print media pathway that is separate and substantially parallel to the first print media pathway;
- providing a second edge of the print media to the input roller;
- and
- providing, via the input roller, the print media to the first print media pathway to be received at the print zone with a second side of the print media exposed to the print zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.