Printer pick tire cleaning
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey Alan Sheadel, Keith Jariabka, Nathan Adamski, John T.E. Myers
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Abstract
Example methods for cleaning a pick tire of a printer are disclosed, along with systems that may be used to carry out the disclosed methods. In an example, the method includes advancing print media from a print media storage tray with a pick tire disposed within a printer. In addition, the method includes stopping the advancement of the print media. Further, the method includes rotating the pick tire on the print media to clean the pick tire.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- advancing print media from a print media storage tray with a pick tire disposed within a printer;
- stopping the advancement of the print media;
- and then
- rotating the pick tire on the print media to clean the pick tire.
A printer, comprising:
- a print media storage tray to hold print media;
- a printing assembly to print images on the print media;
- a pick tire to advance the print media from the print media storage tray toward the printing assembly;
- and
- a controller coupled to the pick tire, wherein the controller is to:
- advance print media from the print media storage tray with the pick tire;
- determine a pick tire condition parameter;
- stop the advancement of the print media;
- and
- rotate the pick tire on the print media after stopping the advancement, to clean the pick tire based on the pick tire condition parameter.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- advance print media within a printer from a print media storage tray with a pick tire;
- stop the advancement of the print media;
- and then
- rotate the pick tire on the print media to clean the pick tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.