Patent ID: 8358323

Claim:
A dual mode imaging system comprising: an ink jet device for imaging non-erasable media; a write device for imaging erasable media; a media transport subsystem for supplying non-erasable and erasable media to one of the ink jet device and the write device, wherein the media transport subsystem comprises: a media advance guide baffle opposing and spaced from a media drive wheel by a constant spacing, wherein the media transport subsystem is configured to maintain the constant spacing during transport of the non-erasable media, the erasable media, and an imaged erasable media through the media transport subsystem; a feed roller configured to transport the non-erasable and erasable media to the media advance guide baffle; and a drive mechanism configured to transport the non-erasable and erasable media to an output; and a heat source incorporated into the media advance guide baffle of the media transport subsystem, the heat source heating erasable media to a temperature suitable for imaging at the write device.