Patent ID: 8213853
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. In a printer with printed medium assembly capabilities, a system for recovering from print assembly failure, the system comprising: a first print engine having an output connected to a first interim stacker paper path to supply a first print set including a plurality of physical medium sheets, and an output connected to a bypass paper path, the first printer comprising a single printer which is directly connected to both the first interim stacker paper path and the bypass paper path; a first interim stacker having an input to accept the first print set from the first print engine via the first interim stacker paper path and an output to supply the first print set; a merger module having an input connected to the first print engine via the bypass paper path, an input to access sheets from the first interim stacker, and an input to accept bypass commands, the merger module accepting a second print set including a plurality of physical medium sheets, which are first print set replacement sheets˜assembling sheets accessed from the first interim stacker with sheets from the second print set, and supplying a final print set with a plurality of sheets in a first order; an output stacker having an input to accept the final print set; a recovery module having an input to accept a failure signal, an output to supply replacement sheet print commands to a print engine, and an output to supply bypass instructions to the merger module in the event of a first print set failure; and wherein the merger module directly merges first print set sheets, with sheets from the second print set, in response to the bypass instructions.