ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORS......................JDIM360 Ver 2.15 (14 Jul 2008) - 1620000/01952995EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320121226EP08001904.520080201enenen899594 P20070205US73137320070330US2012122620125220080806200832B41J 3/60 20060101AFI20121116BHEP B41J 11/00 20060101ALI20121116BHEP B41J 13/00 20060101ALI20121116BHEP B65H 29/58 20060101ALI20121116BHEP B65H 85/00 20060101ALI20121116BHEP deDruckschnittstellensystem für eine PapierbehandlungsvorrichtungenPrint interface system for a sheet handling devicefrSystème d'interface d'impression pour dispositif de manipulation de feuilles3Pitney Bowes, Inc.100199783126 039 a/abuOne Elmcroft RoadStamford, CT 06926-0700USSmith, Aaron D.7 Dolly DriveBeacon Falls, Connecticut 06403USAllen, Robert J.3 Buttercup LaneShelton, Connecticut 06484USFairweather, James A.16 Point Beach DriveMilford, Connecticut 06460USBaldino, Neil F.18 Gelding Hill RoadSandy Hook, Connecticut 06482USLyga, Thomas M.112 Settlers Hill RoadSouthbury, Connecticut 06488USHOFFMANN EITLE100061036Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 481925 MünchenDEATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMTNLNOPLPTROSESISKTRALBAMKRS20121226201252

A print interface system (50) including a printer (52) integrated in combination with a sheet handling system such as a mailpiece inserter (10). The print interface system (50) facilitates the handling of sheet material (12) in various operating modes, including conventional printing, duplex printing, and mailpiece creation modes. The system includes a printer (52) having multiple feed paths (FFP,SFP) for printing on opposing face surfaces of a sheet material (12). One of the feed paths directs sheet material (12) to a staging tray (54) and another feed path directs sheet material (12) to a downstream module of the sheet handling system. The system further includes a positionable diverter for directing sheet material (12) to one of the feed paths and a sheet sensor for determining when a sheet of material (12) has been directed along the feed path leading to the output tray (54). A controller is operative to alternately reposition the diverter from one of two positions. A first position directs sheet material (12) to the staging tray (54) following a first print operation, and a second position directs sheet material (12) to the downstream module of the sheet handling system. The controller, furthermore, repositions the diverter following a threshold period of time from receipt of the staging signal issued by the sheet sensor.

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