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Article: Kentucky Inventors Develop Print Media Absence Detection Method
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 17, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- Michael A. Marra III and Barry B. Stout, both of Lexington, Ky., have developed a printing device.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method and apparatus for detecting the absence of print media in an imaging device, such as a printer. The printer includes a print mechanism, a media tray for supplying sheets of print media to the printer, and a pick mechanism for moving the sheets of print media from the media tray to the print mechanism."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The pick mechanism includes a pick roller, a pick motor that rotates the pick roller, and a controller in ...