Printer document presenter apparatus and method

A method of delivering a document from a print station of a printer comprising the steps of:

• moving said document while being printed into engagement with motor driven presenter feed rollers of a presenter positioned at a home position adjacent to a document exit path of said print station;
• generating a document sensor signal indicating when said document is within said presenter;
• moving said presenter from said home position with a presenter drive mechanism at a rate substantially equal to a rate said document moves within said print station while being printed;
• stopping said presenter at a feed position, said feed position a bridge distance from said home position;
• and
• continuing printing said document until printing is complete thereby forming a document loop within said bridge distance.

A point of sale kiosk comprising:

• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a random access memory (RAM);
• an input/output (I/O) adapter;
• a display adapter coupled to a touch-screen display;
• a system bus coupling said CPU, said RAM, said I/O adapter, said display adapter;
• and
• a kiosk printer coupled to said I/O adapter, said kiosk printer comprising:
• a presenter having presenter feed rollers for engaging a document exiting a print station of said kiosk printer and a document sensor for generating a document sensor signal indicating when said document is positioned within a presenter document path of said presenter;
• a first motor drive mechanism for moving said presenter from a home position adjacent to a document exit path of said print station to a feed position located a predetermined distance from said home position;
• a second motor drive mechanism for rotating said presenter feed rollers to feed a printed document from said presenter document path;
• and
• a controller receiving said document sensor signal, a home position signal, a feed position signal, and a print signal and generating motor drive signals for said first and second motor drive mechanisms.