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Composite substrate feeding mechanism

  • US 8,028,985 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2008
  • Issued: 10/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A composite feeding mechanism for a printing system comprising:

  • a plurality of feeder trays for holding sheets of substrate media for one or more print jobs, each of the plurality of feeding trays having a bottom surface and sidewalls forming a compartment in which the sheets of substrate media are held, the plurality of feeder trays being stackable in contact with each other to form a stack of feeder traysa base unit for supporting the stack of feeder trays, the base unit comprises an elevator module to change a vertical position of the stack of feeder trays; and

    a feeder unit for removing the substrate media sheet by sheet from a first one of the plurality of feeder trays located at the top of the stack of feeder trays to satisfy the print job.

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