Patent ID: 6909872

Claim:
A printer having a plurality of print media paths therethrough, said printer further comprising: (1) a printer device; (2) a first print media path that carries a sheet of print media from a sheet pickup mechanism to the printer device; (3) a second print media path that carries the sheet from the printer device to at least one sheet exit opening; (4) a third print media path that carries the sheet from the sheet exit opening back to the printer device; (5) a housing having: (a) at least one sheet entry opening through which a sheet can be delivered to the first print media path, and (b) the at least one sheet exit opening through which the sheet can be dispensed from the housing after said sheet travels, in a first flow direction, past the printer device and a sheet diverter; (6) the sheet diverter having a first operating position for allowing the sheet to pass, in the first flow direction, and a second operating position for diverting the sheet while said sheet travels in a second flow direction toward the printer device; and (7) the sheet pickup mechanism having a first operating position wherein said sheet pickup mechanism picks up the sheet from a sheet dispensing tray, and a second operating position wherein said sheet pickup mechanism serves as a part of a duplex printing path when the sheet travels in the second flow direction toward the printer device, wherein the sheet pickup mechanism comprises a belt and roller mechanism having a first operating position wherein the belt drives a sheet toward the printer device and a second operating position wherein said belt carries an individual sheet over a part of a duplex printing path.