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US 8,126,388 B2Granted
Face-to-face printing within booklet
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRobert M. Lofthus, Thomas M. Baretsky, Dusan Lysy
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Abstract
Method for printing pages within a booklet to improve the appearance of images on opposing pages includes sequencing images such that opposing pages are printed with the same print engine and/or fused the same number of times. Booklets include opposing pages having images fused the same number of times and/or printed with the same print engine as the image on the opposing page.
Claims12
A system for printing a booklet, comprising:
- a feeder for sequentially feeding a number of two-sided print media to a photoreceptor using a first print media path, the photoreceptor being adapted for providing an image on each of the number of print media including a first side and a second side;
- a fuser for fixing a first plurality of images on one side of the number of print media in a first pass through the first print media path;
- an inverter for inverting an orientation each of the number of print media at conclusion of the first pass through the first print media path;
- a second recirculation path for returning the number of print media to the first print media path;
- the fuser fixing a second plurality of images on an opposite side of the number of print media in a second pass through the first print media path;
- a bypass adapted to provide the inverter with alternate ones of the number of print media at conclusion of the second pass through the first print media path, the inverter adapted to invert an orientation of the alternate ones of the number of print media;
- and,
- a stacker for stacking the number of print media.
5 more elements
A system for producing a booklet, comprising:
- a sorting component that sequentially orders a first plurality of images and a second plurality of images;
- a feeder that sequentially feeds a plurality of two-sided print media;
- a printer that sequentially transfers one of the first plurality of images on a first side of each of the plurality of two-sided print media;
- a fixer that fixes the transferred images on each print media;
- and,
- an inverter that sequentially inverts a first pass of each one of the imaged plurality of two-sided print media;
- a bypass that provides the inverter with alternate ones of the print media at conclusion of a second pass;
- wherein the printer subsequently sequentially transfers one of the second plurality of images on a second side of each of the plurality of two-sided print media, the fixer fixes the transferred images and the inverter inverts the alternate print media at the conclusion of the second pass of the plurality of two-sided printed media, and the plurality of two-sided print media are arranged to facilitate creating an associated booklet in which a plurality of print media forming the booklet each have an image contained thereon and each print media has been subject to fixing a same number of times as the image on an opposing print media.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.