Multiple-function printer with common output path mechanism with floating guide ribs to accommodate media and documents of different thickness

In combination, a common printer platen for conveying printed media and documents to a printer exit including a roller and a series of spaced guide ribs forming a nip with the roller:

• wherein said guide ribs are pivotable relative to said roller to accommodate printed media or documents of a first range of thickness and printed media or documents of a second range of greater thickness passing through the nip;
• wherein said guide ribs are pivotally mounted on an exit chassis;
• and
• wherein said guide ribs each include an integral beam cantilevered transversely across said exit chassis, and wherein said exit chassis includes a series of stops extending from said exit chassis toward said guide ribs, said beams being limited in rotation by respective ones of said stops and being movable was from said stops by movement of the printed media or a document of the greater thickness past said guide ribs.

In combination, a common printer platen for conveying printed media and documents to a printer exit including a roller and a series of spaced guide ribs forming a nip with the roller:

• wherein said guide ribs are pivotable relative to said roller to accommodate printed media or documents of a first range of thickness and printed media or documents of a second range of greater thickness passing through the nip;
• wherein said guide ribs are pivotally mounted on an exit chassis;
• and
• further including a pair of conical wheels rotatively connected to said exit chassis for conveying the printed media to the printer exit.