Patent ID: 7133640
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A front-oriented, front-access printer (FOFAP), said FOFAP configured with a front-mounted fuser, said FOFAP comprising: a print mechanism; a main paper path passing through each of: a media flipper configured to engage and drive a sheet of media in a first direction along the main paper path and in a second opposite direction towards one of a second path and a third path leading to the stapler/stacker, a stapler/stacker mounted in proximity to said front-mounted fuser; and a redirector within said front-mounted fuser and movable between a first position in which the media sheet moving in the second direction moves along one of the second path and the third path and a second position in which the media sheet moving in the second direction moves along the other of the second path and the third path.