System, method, and program for stacking multi-thickness sheets of media
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJames G Stenzel, Vincent Berardi, Cesar R Marquez, Edward P Imes, Ronald M Edsall, Warren Brady, Liam Cummings, Norman Vanas, Christopher Delano, Michael Cook
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and programs for adjusting an output orientation of multi-thickness media input marking data, determine a number of sheets of the multi-thickness media that is to be alternated within an output stack, and adjust the output orientation of at least one sheet of multi-thickness media to be output based on the determined number of sheets of the multi-thickness media to be alternated.
Claims18
A method of adjusting an output orientation of multi-thickness media, comprising:
- inputting marking data;
- determining whether the multi-thickness media has been marked;
- determining a number of sheets of the multi-thickness media that is to be alternated within an output stack, the multi-thickness media having a first smaller sheet and a second larger sheet, the second sheet having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the first sheet being attached to the first end of the second sheet;
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- adjusting the output orientation of at least one sheet of multi-thickness media to be output based on the determined number of sheets of the multi-thickness media to be alternated, and adjusting the output orientation is at least based on whether the multi-thickness media has been marked, such that the first end of the second sheet of the output multi-thickness media is placed on the second end of the second sheet of a previously output multi-thickness media.
A storage medium storing a set of program instructions executable on a data processing device and usable to adjust an output orientation of multi-thickness media, the instructions comprising:
- instructions inputting marking data;
- instructions determining whether the multi-thickness media has been marked;
- instructions determining a number of sheets of the multi-thickness media that is to be alternated within an output stack, the multi-thickness media having a first smaller sheet and a second larger sheet, the second sheet having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the first sheet being attached to the first end of the second sheet;
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- instructions adjusting the output orientation of at least one sheet of multi-thickness media to be output based on the determined number of sheets of the multi-thickness media to be alternated, and adjusting the output orientation is at least based on whether the multi-thickness media has been marked, such that the first end of the second sheet of the output multi-thickness media is placed on the second end of the second sheet of a previously output multi-thickness media.
A system for adjusting marking data for use with alternately stacked multi-thickness media, comprising:
- a controller that:
- inputs marking data;
- determines whether the multi-thickness media has been marked:
- determines a number of sheets of the multi-thickness media that is to be alternated within an output stack, the multi-thickness media having a first smaller sheet and a second larger sheet, the second sheet having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, the first sheet being attached to the first end of the second sheet;
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- adjusts the output orientation of at least one sheet of multi-thickness media to be output based on the determined number of sheets of the multi-thickness media to be alternated, and adjusts the output orientation at least based on whether the multi-thickness media has been marked, such that the first end of the second sheet of the output multi-thickness media is placed on the second end of the second sheet of a previously output multi-thickness media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.