Patent ID: 7454145

Claim:
A method of initializing an image-forming device, the method comprising: receiving an initialization command; receiving signals from first and second sensors located at different positions along a media path and within the image forming device away from the media path, the first sensor indicating the presence of packaging material at an input tray and the second sensor indicating the presence of packaging material at a toner cartridge; displaying the location of the packaging material responsive to receiving the signals; displaying a message to remove the packaging material; determining that the packaging material has been removed from the location within the image-forming device; initializing the image-forming device in preparation to form an image on a media sheet; receiving an indication from the first sensor first that the input tray is within the image-forming device and that a media sheet is moving along the media path at the input tray; and receiving a second indication from the second sensor that the toner cartridge is within the image-forming device and the media sheet is moving along the media path at the toner cartridge.