Patent ID: 8033545

Claim:
A printer for printing on a print media operable in at least a duplex-printing mode, the printer comprising: (a) a transport path for transporting the print media for printing; (b) a control arrangement for activating the printer and directing the print media through the printer; (c) a jam sensor for detecting a paper jam; (d) a first switch for directing the print media through a first exit to a receiving receptacle not within the transport path or for permitting the print media to continue on the transport path; wherein when the printer is in duplex-printing mode and a paper jam is detected, the first switch transports the print media in which duplex-printing is complete out of the transport path via the first exit to the receiving receptacle and the print media in which only one side of the print media has been printed continues through the transport path; (e) a flap for transporting the print media through a second exit to a container not within the transport path or permitting the print media to continue on the transport path; wherein when the printer is in duplex-printing mode and a paper jam is detected, the flap passes the print media in which only one side of the print media has been printed out of the transport path via the second exit to the container; and (f) a flipping arrangement disposed within the transport path for flipping the print media for permitting printing on a second side of the media.