Roller system to help remove chad and trimmed media in a thermal printer

In a printer having an inkjet printhead for printing images on receiver media or a thermal printhead for printing sublimation dye transfer images on receiver media, such as sheets of paper, a pick roller for drawing at least one sheet of paper, and a cutter assembly for trimming said printed sheet of paper to size, a roller system to help remove chad and/or trimmed media comprising:

• a paper tray configured to hold a supply of paper for printing;
• a chad and/or trimmed media removal roller configured to operate in connection with the actions of said pick roller, said chad and/or trimmed media removal roller located in contact with the supply of paper in said paper tray;
• and
• a tray cover positioned over said paper tray, said tray cover having at least one aperture for receiving said chad and/or trimmed media removal roller, said chad and/or trimmed media removal roller configured to direct said chad and/or trimmed media away from said cutter assembly.

For a printer system including an internal supply of receiver media and means for printing images on said receiver media, a method of controlling the build-up of trimmings resulting from the cutting of printed receiver media comprising the steps of:

• cutting said printed receiver media to size;
• causing a roller to translate said trimmings into a holding area that forms a part of a cover of a holder for the supply of receiver media;
• and
• causing the cut printed receiver media to exit via an exit pathway.