Patent ID: 8896850

Claim:
A multifunctional printer, comprising: a printer chassis, comprising: a data buffer housed within the chassis and comprising electronic memory storage and retrieval components; a controller housed within the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer, the controller configured to store a digital image into the data buffer; and a printing assembly also housed within the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer, the printing assembly configured to output a printed facsimile of the digital image under control of the controller in a marking material progressively deposited on a print medium; an unfoldable paper tray rotatably attached to the chassis and shaped to receive the printed facsimile rendered on the print medium, comprising: a frame formed by four stiff plates; a flexible material covering at least one surface of the plates; and a seam longitudinally comprised in the frame along which the plates form a groove in the frame when the frame is fully extended, which causes a tightening of the flexible material; and a display comprised on the chassis and electronically interfaced with the data buffer, the display configured to render a visualization of the digital image, wherein the rendering of the visualization on the display excludes that portion of the digital image that has been output in the printed facsimile.