Media qualification accessory and method

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2006-05-23

2006-05-23

Walsh, Donald P. (Department: 3653)

Sheet feeding or delivering

Feeding

By means to change direction of sheet travel

C271S298000, C399S045000, C073S159000

Reexamination Certificate

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07048272

ABSTRACT:
A media qualification device configured to sort media sheets according to one or more detected media characteristics. The media qualification device comprises a media sensor, an unusable media path and at least one usable media path. Qualified media sheets may be passed to a sheet-fed device for image processing. Qualified media sheets may be sorted among a plurality of usable media paths according to media grade. The media qualification device may further comprise an input/output device configured to select media grade parameters.

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