Patent ID: 6350073
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A mechanism for printing on either cut-sheet media or on Z-fold media having a leading edge followed by subsequent sheets in a Z-folded arrangement, comprising:a media supply which holds either the cut-sheet media or the Z-fold media; a printhead which prints on either cut sheet media or Z-fold media when in a printzone; a drive assembly which delivers either cut-sheet media or the leading edge of the Z-fold media followed by said subsequent sheets from the media supply to the printzone in response to a control signal through incremental frictional engagement with the leading edge of the Z-fold media or through constant frictional engagement with the cut sheet media; and a controller which generates the control signal comprising either a cut-sheet signal for cut-sheet media or a Z-fold signal for Z-fold media.