Patent ID: 7992863
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A printer having a device for nonpermanently deforming a media sheet in the printer to increase beam strength of the media sheet temporarily, the device comprising: a deformer positioned in a media path within the printer, the deformer being configured to deform the media sheet temporarily with an amount of media sheet deformation when the deformer is at a first position, the amount of media sheet deformation causing the media sheet to exhibit an arched profile that increases beam strength of the media sheet, and to enable the media sheet to pass without deformation when the deformer is at a second position; a support member coupled to the deformer, the support member being movably coupled to a printer frame; and a positioning member coupled to the support member, the positioning member being configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to an actuator upon a peripheral device mounted to the printer holding the positioning member at the second position to hold the deformer at a position between the first position and the second position for the deformer to change the amount of media sheet deformation in the media sheet deformed by the deformer while the positioning member is held at the second position by the actuator upon the peripheral device.