Service module position within printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9403386-B2
Application number	US-201414510739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Jan 25, 2013
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A printer includes a print engine to print on print media within a print zone, a media tray to hold a quantity of the print media, and at least one service module to service the print engine, wherein the at least one service module is at least one of positioned vertically of the print engine and laterally of the media tray, and positioned laterally of the print engine and vertically of the media tray.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer, comprising:
a print engine to print on print media within a print zone;
a media tray to hold a quantity of the print media within the printer, the media tray having a height and a width;
a service module to service the print engine, the service module spaced from and positioned vertically of the print engine and laterally of the media tray within the height of the media tray; and
another service module to service the print engine, the another service module spaced from and positioned laterally of the print engine and vertically of the media tray within the width of the media tray.

2. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the service module is positioned vertically below the print engine.

3. The printer of printer of claim 1 , wherein the another service module is positioned vertically above the media tray.

4. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the service module is positioned within the height of the media tray and vertically below the print engine, and the another service module is positioned within the width of the media tray and vertically above the media tray.

5. The printer of claim 1 , further comprising: an output bin positioned vertically above the media tray.

6. The printer of claim 1 , wherein the service module is positioned vertically of the print engine and laterally of the media tray within the height of the media tray between a bottom of the media tray and a top of the media tray, and the another service module is positioned laterally of the print engine and vertically of the media tray within the width of the media tray between opposite sides of the media tray.

7. A printer, comprising:
a print engine to print on print media within a print zone;
a media tray to hold a quantity of the print media within the printer the media tray having a height and a width;
a service module for servicing the print engine, the service module positioned within the height of the media tray between a bottom of the media tray and a top of the media tray; and
another service module for servicing the print engine, the another service module positioned within the width of the media tray between opposite sides of the media tray.

8. The printer of claim 7 , wherein the service module is positioned within the height of the media tray and vertically of the print engine.

9. The printer of claim 8 , wherein the service module is positioned vertically below the print engine.

10. The printer of claim 7 , wherein the another service module is positioned within the width of the media tray and vertically of the media tray.

11. The printer of claim 10 , wherein the another service module is positioned vertically above the media tray.

12. The printer of claim 7 , wherein the service module is positioned within the height of the media tray and vertically below the print engine, and the another service module is positioned within the width of the media tray and vertically above the media tray.

13. The printer of claim 7 , wherein the service module and the another service module are both spaced from the print engine.

14. A method of operating a printer, comprising;
storing print media in a media tray within the printer, the print media to be printed on by a print engine, and the media tray having a height and a width;
servicing the print engine with a service module positioned laterally of the media tray within the height of the media tray between a bottom of the media tray and a top of the media tray; and
servicing the print engine with another service module positioned vertically of the media tray within the width of the media tray between opposite sides of the media tray during non servicing of the print engine.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein servicing the print engine includes servicing the print engine with the service module positioned vertically below the print engine and laterally of the media tray within the height of the media tray.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein servicing the print engine includes servicing the print engine with the another service module positioned laterally of the print engine and vertically above the media tray within the width of the media tray during non-servicing of the print engine.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the service module is positioned vertically below the print engine, and the another service module is positioned vertically above the media tray during non-servicing of the print engine.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the service module and the another service module are both spaced from the print engine during non-servicing of the print engine.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co Lp

Inventors

• Lo Kevin
• Schalk Wesley R

Classifications

• B41J13/009 Primary

  Diverting sheets at a section where at least two sheet conveying paths converge, e.g. by a movable switching guide that blocks access to one conveying path and guides the sheet to another path, e.g. when a sheet conveying direction is reversed after printing on the front of the sheet has been finished and the sheet is guided to a sheet turning path for printing on the back · CPC title

• B41J3/54

  with two or more sets of type or printing elements (B41J3/60 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B41J13/10 Primary

  Sheet holders, retainers {, movable guides}, or stationary guides · CPC title

• B41J3/60

  for printing on both faces of the printing material · CPC title

• B41J3/62

  for printing on two or more separate sheets or strips of printing material {being conveyed simultaneously to or through the printing zone} (B41J3/54 takes precedence) · CPC title