Image forming apparatus including a supply tray and method of determining a media level of a media stack in a supply tray of an image forming apparatus

Apparatus and method is provided for determining a relative vertical position of a media sheet within a supply tray by sensing a picked sheet traveling through a media path, and therefrom determining time and/or distance traveled by the picked sheet. The vertical position of the media sheet within t...

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Main Authors WRIGHT, PHILLIP BYRON, WILLAMS, SCOTT STEPHEN, DUTTON, TODD ALAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2000
Edition7
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Apparatus and method is provided for determining a relative vertical position of a media sheet within a supply tray by sensing a picked sheet traveling through a media path, and therefrom determining time and/or distance traveled by the picked sheet. The vertical position of the media sheet within the supply tray is translated into a relative media level in the supply tray.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW199786101452