Patent ID: 7648217

Claim:
A method of operating a printing system, said method comprising: a) providing a printing system that is capable of switching between a productive condition in which said printing system is capable of generating printed sheets of media and a non-productive condition in which said printing system is incapable of generating printed sheets of media, said printing system including: a housing structure; a media transport pathway extending through at least a portion of said housing structure; a marking unit operatively disposed within said housing structure along said media transport pathway; an access component disposed along said housing structure, said access component moveable between a first position inhibiting access to at least a portion of said media transport pathway and a second position permitting access to at least said portion of said media transport pathway; first and second conveying devices supported within said housing structure in operative association with said media transport pathway; and first and second media sensors supported within said housing structure in operative association with said media transport pathway, said first and second media sensors operative to generate a media sensor signal indicative of one of the presence and absence of an associated sheet of media, said first media sensor disposed a first distance from said first conveying device and said second media sensor disposed a second distance from said second conveying device with said first distance being different than said second distance; b) placing said printing system in said non-productive condition upon the occurrence of an unexpected event; c) determining that said access component has been moved from said second position to said first position; d) determining an amount for said first and second conveying devices to be operated to advance a sheet of media one of said first and second distances; e) operating at least one of said first and second conveying devices said determining amount to thereby advance a sheet of media one of said first and second distances while said printing system is in said non-productive condition; f) determining whether a sheet of media is disposed within said media transport pathway using at least one of said first and second media sensors while said printing system is in said non-productive condition; and, g) if a sheet of media is determined to be within said media transport pathway, communicating to a user that the sheet of sheet of media is within said media transport pathway; or, h) if a sheet of media is determined to not be within said media transport pathway, initiating an action to return said printing system to said productive condition.