Media handling system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPeter J Boucher, Garrett Clinton Waycaster, Andrzei Romanski, Mark D Lund
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Abstract
A non-transitory storage medium is disclosed herein. An example of the non-transitory storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to actuate a pick assembly of a media handling system to select a sheet of medium from a media stack and lower the media stack a predetermined amount and subsequently raise the media stack the predetermined amount upon failure to pick the sheet of medium from the media stack. The non-transitory storage medium may include additional instructions as disclosed herein. A media handling system and method of media handling are also disclosed herein.
Claims15
A non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of media handling, the method comprising:
- actuating a pick assembly of a media handling system to select a sheet of medium from a media stack;
- and
- lowering the media stack a predetermined amount and subsequently raising the media stack the predetermined amount upon failure to select the sheet of medium from the media stack.
A media handling system, comprising:
- a pick assembly;
- a first sensor downstream of the pick assembly;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- activate the pick assembly to select a sheet of medium from a media stack, and
- lower the media stack a predetermined amount relative to the pick assembly and subsequently raise the media stack the predetermined amount in those instances where the sheet fails to reach the first sensor.
A media handling system, comprising:
- a pick roller;
- a separator assembly including a first roller and a second roller adjacent the first roller to define a separator nip;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- rotate the pick roller to select a sheet of medium from a media stack,
- rotate the first roller in a first direction and the second roller in a second direction generally opposite the first direction to singulate the sheet from any other sheets inadvertently selected by the pick roller, and
- lower the media stack a predetermined amount relative to the pick roller and subsequently raise the media stack the predetermined amount relative to the pick roller in those instances where the sheet fails to enter the separator nip.
A media handling method comprising:
- picking a sheet of medium from a media stack;
- and
- lowering the media stack a predetermined amount and subsequently raising the media stack the predetermined amount upon failure to pick the sheet of medium from the media stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.