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US 9,309,068 B2Granted
Printing apparatus and methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Industrial Printing Ltd.
InventorEhud Zondiner
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Abstract
Printing apparatus comprise a printing table, a loader to load sheets of print media to the printing table, and a moveable tray on which at least one row of media sheets can be placed, the tray being moveable between a position in which it is accessible to an operator for placing media sheets thereon and another position in which at least part of the tray is accessible to the loader for picking the print media sheets but inaccessible to the operator.
Claims15
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing table;
- a loader to load sheets of print media to the printing table;
- a moveable tray on which at least one row of media sheets are placed, said moveable tray being moveable between a position in which it is accessible to an operator for placing media sheets thereon and another position in which at least part of the moveable tray is accessible to the loader for picking the print media sheets but inaccessible to the operator;
- and
- a safety cover enclosing the loader,
- wherein at least a portion of the moveable tray and a portion of the at least one row of media sheets remain outside the cover and accessible to the operator when the movable tray is in the another position in which at least part of the moveable tray is accessible to the loader;
- wherein the moveable tray comprises a media support surface provided with sheet holders to position print media sheets at predetermined positions on the surface and restrict movement of the sheets in at least one direction on the media support surface;
- and
- wherein the media support surface is provided with an array of sheet holders to position at least two rows of print media sheets.
6 more elements
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing table;
- a loader to load sheets of print media to the printing table:
- a moveable tray on which at least one row of media sheets are placed, said moveable tray being moveable between a position in which it is accessible to an operator for placing media sheets thereon and another position in which at least part of the moveable tray is accessible to the loader for picking the print media sheets but inaccessible to the operator;
- and
- a safety cover enclosing the loader,
- wherein at least a portion of the moveable tray and a portion of the at least one row of media sheets remain outside the cover and accessible to the operator when the movable tray is in the another position in which at least part of the moveable tray is accessible to the loader;
- wherein the moveable tray comprises a media support surface provided with sheet holders to position print media sheets at predetermined positions on the surface and restrict movement of the sheets in at least one direction on the media support surface;
- and
- wherein each sheet holder comprises a recess in the media support surface.
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A printing method comprising:
- receiving, by a printing apparatus, at least one row of media sheets on a moveable tray;
- with a sensor to detect the presence of a media sheet on the moveable tray, in response to a detection of the media sheet on the moveable tray by the sensor, moving, by the printing apparatus, said moveable tray to a position where at least part of the moveable tray is accessible to a loader and inaccessible to an operator;
- causing, by the printing apparatus, the loader to pick media sheets from the moveable tray and load them to a printing table in a printing apparatus;
- and
- receiving, by the printing apparatus, the media sheets on the moveable tray while the moveable tray is tilted at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane, and laying, by the printing apparatus, the moveable tray horizontal before moving it to said position where the sheets are accessible to a loader.
2 more elements
A moveable tray for feeding print media to a printing apparatus, said moveable tray comprising:
- a media support surface provided with an array of sheet holders to position print media sheets at predetermined positions on the surface and restrict movement of the sheets in at least one direction on the media support surface, wherein each sheet holder comprises at least one recess in the media support surface, wherein at least a portion of the moveable tray and a portion of the print media sheets remain outside a cover enclosing a loader associated with the moveable tray and accessible to the operator when the movable tray is in another position in which at least part of the moveable tray is accessible to the loader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.