Patent ID: 6892048
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A printer having a plurality of print media paths therethrough, said printer further comprising: (1) a printer device; (2) a first print media path that carries a sheet of print media from a sheet pickup mechanism to the printer device; (3) a second print media path that carries the sheet from the printer device to a sheet exit opening; (4) a third print media path that carries the sheet from the sheet exit opening back to the printer device; (5) a housing having: (6) the sheet diverter having a first operating position for allowing the sheet to pass, in the first flow direction, and a second operating position for diverting the sheet while said sheet travels in a second flow direction toward the printer device; and (7) a sheet pickup mechanism having (a) first operating position wherein the sheet pickup mechanism includes a roller having a rotational axle being disposed at a lower horizontal level so that said sheet pickup mechanism picks up the sheet from a sheet dispensing tray, and (b) a second operating position, the rotational axle of the roller in said sheet pickup mechanism being disposed at an upper horizontal level above the lower horizontal level so that the roller is substantially at a level of a duplex printing path to serve as a part of the duplex printing path for transporting the sheet toward the printer device when the sheet travels in the second flow direction.