MEDIA REGISTRATION SYSTEM WITH MEDIA SENSING
First Claim
1. A media registration system comprising:
- an accumulation region;
a transport track to;
receive and transport each media sheet of a series of media sheets forming a media job in a transport direction from an intake end to a registration end proximate to the accumulation region; and
stack the media sheets of the media job in the accumulation region to form a job stack;
a translator to adjust a position of the registration end of the transport track in a direction lateral to the transport direction for each media sheet to align edges of each media sheet of the job stack in the lateral direction; and
a media sensor to indicate a position of each media sheet between the intake end and the accumulation region to facilitate a controller to determine an accumulation status of the job stack.
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Abstract
A media registration system including an accumulation region and a transport track to receive and transport each media sheet of a series of media sheets forming a media job in a transport direction from an intake end to a registration end proximate to the accumulation region, and to stack the media sheets of the media job in the accumulation region to form a job stack. A translator adjusts a position of the registration end of the transport track in a direction lateral to the transport direction for each sheet to align edges of each sheet of the job stack in the lateral direction. A media sensor indicates a position of each sheet along the media path to facilitate a controller to determine an accumulation status of the job stack.
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20 Claims
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1. A media registration system comprising:
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an accumulation region; a transport track to; receive and transport each media sheet of a series of media sheets forming a media job in a transport direction from an intake end to a registration end proximate to the accumulation region; and stack the media sheets of the media job in the accumulation region to form a job stack; a translator to adjust a position of the registration end of the transport track in a direction lateral to the transport direction for each media sheet to align edges of each media sheet of the job stack in the lateral direction; and a media sensor to indicate a position of each media sheet between the intake end and the accumulation region to facilitate a controller to determine an accumulation status of the job stack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A media registration system comprising:
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an accumulation region; a transport track to; receive and transport each media sheet of a series of media sheets forming a media job in a transport direction from an intake end to a registration end proximate to the accumulation region; and stack the media sheets of the media job in the accumulation region to form a job stack; a translator to adjust a position of the registration end of the transport track in a direction lateral to the transport direction for each media sheet to align edges of each media sheet of the job stack in the lateral direction; a sensor to indicate a position of each media sheet between the intake end and the accumulation region; and a controller to determine an accumulation status of the job stack from the indicated position of media sheet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of accumulating imaging media sheets including:
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transporting each media sheet of a series of media sheets forming a media job in a transport direction along a transport track from an intake end to a registration end; stacking the media sheets of the media job to form a job stack in an accumulation region at the registration end; adjusting, for each media sheet of the media job, a position of the registration end of the transport track in a direction lateral to the transport direction to align lateral edges of each media sheet of the job stack; monitoring a position of each media sheet of the media job with a media sensor disposed between the intake end and the accumulation region; and determining an accumulation status of the job stack based on the monitored position. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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