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US 9,944,097 B1Granted
System and method for conveying printed paper to a scanner in a multifunctional printer
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solution Inc.
InventorsAhmad Younis, Tommy Yue
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Abstract
A multifunctional printer having a printer section, an auto document feeder, a scanner section, a print path, and a path guide. When the multifunctional printer is not in a print and scan mode, the path guide can move to a position that routes printed paper from the print path to a print output tray. When the multifunctional printer is not in a print and scan mode, the path guide can move to a position that routes printed paper from the print path to the auto document feeder, where it can be scanned.
Claims13
A multifunctional printer, comprising:
- a printer section comprising one or more printer components and a paper storage area;
- an auto document feeder comprising a scan output tray;
- a scanner section comprising one or more image sensors configured to scan paper passing through the auto document feeder;
- a print path in the printer section that branches at a post-print junction into a first path that leads to a print output tray and a second path that leads to the auto document feeder;
- and
- a path guide at the post-print junction, the path guide being movable between a first position that diverts paper from the print path into the first path and a second position that diverts paper from the print path into the second path such that the paper passes into the auto document feeder and is scanned by the one or more image sensors before being output at the scan output tray.
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A method of printing and scanning paper, comprising:
- receiving a print job at a multifunctional printer;
- printing according to the print job by conveying paper from a paper storage area at the multifunctional printer through a print path and printing information on the paper with printer components;
- determining whether the multifunctional printer is in a print and scan mode;
- moving a path guide at a post-print junction to route the paper into a first path that conveys the paper to a print output tray when the multifunctional printer is not in the print and scan mode;
- moving the path guide at the post-print junction to route the paper into a second path that conveys the paper to an auto document feeder when the multifunctional printer is in the print and scan mode;
- scanning the paper with one or more image sensors as the paper is conveyed through the auto document feeder to generate a scanned representation;
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- outputting the paper at a scan output tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.