Patent ID: 6011940
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An electrophotographic printer and copying system comprising:an electrophotographic print engine adapted to print images on paper and move the paper out from the print engine;a housing enclosing the print engine and having a top surface, a front surface, a rear surface, and a first opening and a second opening;a paper exit path from the print engine through the housing, the exit path having a first portion adapted to receive the moving paper and ending in the first opening, and the exit path having a branch joining the first portion at a junction and ending at the second opening;a bar rotatably mounted in the housing in said junction transverse to the exit path and rotatable to a first position and a second position, wherein the bar's first position is generally out of the first portion of the exit path for allowing the paper to travel unobstructed by the bar to the first opening, and wherein the bar in the second position extends into the junction to contact the paper and direct it into the branch to the second opening;an actuator for moving the bar to the first and second positions;a scanner attached to the printer, wherein the scanner is electronically connected to the print engine and is adapted to scan an original document;a manual switch handle connected to the bar and extending out from the housing for access by a user, the handle being adapted to rotate the bar into the first and second positions; anda formatter inside the housing comprising logic adapted to interrupt a print job in response to signals from the scanner, signal the actuator to switch the position of the bar to a position opposite of the position to which the manual switch handle has rotated the bar, and signal the print engine to print out a copy of the original document.