Patent ID: 9044977
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method of threading a media web through a media path in a printer having a plurality of rollers positioned along the media path comprising: generating an electrical signal with a first sensor that varies with reference to a level of tension applied by the media web to a first roller in the plurality of rollers positioned along the media path in the printer as the media web travels over the first roller; activating with a controller at least one actuator to rotate the first roller in the plurality of rollers positioned along the media path at a rotational speed proportional to the signal generated by the first sensor that varies with reference to the level of tension applied by the media web to the first roller in response to the electrical signal generated by the first sensor exceeding a first predetermined threshold to facilitate threading of the media web past the first roller; and activating with the controller another actuator to rotate a second roller in the plurality of rollers positioned along the media path at a rotational speed that varies with reference to a level of tension applied by the media web to the second roller to facilitate threading of the media web past the second roller.