US Patent No: 7,177,554
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Printer as well as a method for controlling such a printer
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Feb 13, 2007
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Dec 16, 2004
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Abstract
A printer for printing on a receiving medium of a predetermined type, including a plurality of feeders for holding receiving media and a control unit, wherein the control unit contains determining means for determining that at least two feeders of the said plurality of feeders hold receiving medium of the predetermined type, means for determining the amount of receiving medium which can be added to each of the two feeders up to a predetermined maximum amount for these feeders, and means for selecting the feeder to which the largest amount receiving medium can be added for feeding a receiving medium to the printing unit.
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| 5,301,936 Feeding device and method for determining feeding position by feeding number in both a longitudinal and lateral position | 2 | 1992 | |
| 6,526,253 Image forming apparatus | 9 | 2001 | |
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| 4,763,889 Paper feeder | 54 | 1985 | |
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| 4,885,613 Device applicable to an image recording apparatus for feeding a recording medium | 19 | 1988 | |
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