Patent ID: 8564794
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image production device, comprising: an image production section that includes a first media print path and a second media print path each of which produces simplex images on media; and a user interface that receives a request to print a first simplex print job and a second simplex print job, the first simplex print job being printed using the first media print path and the second simplex print job being printed using the second media print path, wherein the first simplex print job and the second simplex print job are printed at the same time, wherein the first media print path and the second media print path each have a first sideways section where the media travels sideways, an upward section where the media travels upward, a second sideways section where the media travels sideways, a downward section where the media travels downward, and a third sideways section where the media travels sideways, wherein the first media print path includes a first imager and a first printer engine and the second media print path includes a second imager and a second printer engine, wherein the first imager transfers the image to one of media and a web in the upward section of the first media print path and the first printer engine places markings on the media on the third sideways section of the first media print path, and the second imager transfers the image to one of media and a web in the upward section of the second media print path and the second printer engine places markings on the media on the second sideways section of the first media print path.