Patent ID: 7426055

Claim:
In a digital copier machine of the type including a platen for capturing a source document in the form of digital data representative of the source document and including at least one paper bin for supplying paper onto which the digital data can be transformed into a printed image in response to signals issuing from a control unit based on selections made at an interface, the improvement comprising: a tray sized and positioned in the digital copier machine so as to occupy a space ordinarily reserved for the at least one paper bin, the tray including: an optical drive unit connectable to the control unit and configured to removably receive a removable digital storage medium in the form of an optical disc and further configured to perform read and write operations on any removable digital storage medium received therein; and a picker configured to deliver the removable digital storage medium from a supply of a plurality of removable digital storage media in the form of optical discs included within the tray to the drive unit in response to a load drive unit signal; and wherein the digital copier machine includes: a selector on the interface; and operational logic responsive to a user selection of the selector to issue the load drive unit signal and to convey the digital data between the control unit of the digital copier machine and the drive unit.