Patent ID: 7648217
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a printing system, said method comprising: a) providing a printing system that is capable of switching between a productive condition in which said printing system is capable of generating printed sheets of media and a non-productive condition in which said printing system is incapable of generating printed sheets of media, said printing system including: b) placing said printing system in said non-productive condition upon the occurrence of an unexpected event; c) determining that said access component has been moved from said second position to said first position; d) determining an amount for said first and second conveying devices to be operated to advance a sheet of media one of said first and second distances; e) operating at least one of said first and second conveying devices said determining amount to thereby advance a sheet of media one of said first and second distances while said printing system is in said non-productive condition; f) determining whether a sheet of media is disposed within said media transport pathway using at least one of said first and second media sensors while said printing system is in said non-productive condition; and, g) if a sheet of media is determined to be within said media transport pathway, communicating to a user that the sheet of sheet of media is within said media transport pathway; or, h) if a sheet of media is determined to not be within said media transport pathway, initiating an action to return said printing system to said productive condition.