Patent ID: 8985729
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. In an imaging apparatus having a media input tray, a print engine, an image transfer nip coupled to the print engine for transferring a toner image to sheet of media, an output area for maintaining imaged media sheets, a media path for transporting the media sheets from the media input tray through the image transfer nip and subsequently to the output area, and a plurality of path media sensors positioned along the media path between the media input tray and the output area, a method for transferring a plurality of images to a plurality of media sheets, the method comprising: transporting a first media sheet from the media input tray towards the transfer nip; determining, when the first media sheet reaches a predetermined point in the media path, whether the print engine is ready to transfer a first image of the plurality of images to the media sheet at the transfer nip; upon a determination that the print engine is not ready, transport the first media sheet through the transfer nip without transferring the first image thereto, until the first media sheet is placed in the output area; and transporting a second media sheet to the transfer nip, transferring the first image to the second media sheet and transporting the second media sheet to the output area.