Laser printer output director

Details Laser printer output director Laser printer output director

1994-12-06

1997-07-01

Rogers, Scott A.

Sheet feeding or delivering

Delivering

Rotary conveyor

271298, G06K 1502

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056446853

ABSTRACT:
In the present invention, a microprocessor controls a moveable output hopper with multiple paper slots attached to a laser printer. Print jobs of different users are directed to separate open slots by user name or other identifier corresponding to a particular user. A small LCD panel for each slot displays an identifier representing the user whose job is currently using the output slot. Incoming print data to the laser printer is monitored for a banner page. The user name or identifier is then extracted from the banner page, and if the current job is for a new user, the trays are moved and the print job is output to the first unused tray. A user name or identifier corresponding to the printed output is also displayed on an LCD panel corresponding to a particular tray. If all trays are full, print jobs are sent to a tray designated as the default/shared tray.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5435544 (1995-07-01), Mandel
Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 017 No. 673 (P-1658), Dec. 10, 1993 and JP-A-05 224837 (Fuji Xerox Co Ltd) Sep. 3, 1993.
Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 018 No. 323 (M-1624), Jun. 20, 1994 and JP-A-06 072623 (Fuji Xerox Co Ltd) Mar. 15, 1994.

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