Greeting card feeder module for inkjet printing

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-09-12
HEWLETT PACKARD DEV CO LP
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0018] An overall goal of the present invention is to provide a hardcopy device with a greeting card feeder module and operating system which is easy to use.
0019] Another goal of the present invention is to provide a hardcopy device with a greeting card feeder module and operating system which reliably produces clear crisp images.
0020] A further goal of the present invention is to provide a retrofit kit, including hardware, software, and optionally a sample supply of greeting card stock, which a

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Unfortunately, even with the ready availability of both pre-cut media and greeting card designs on the Internet and other software programs, most people still do not print their own greeting cards because of the complexity of the process, particularly when using currently available inkjet printers.
For example, using a Microsoft Windows.RTM. based operating system on a home computer, printing a greeting card is a complicated lengthy process both in terms of physical hardware changes that need to be made to the printer, as well as software manipulation.
Assuming an inkjet printer has been being used in a normal fashion for printing on letter-sized (8 1/2.

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[0028] FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a hardcopy device, here shown as an inkjet printing mechanism, and in particular, an inkjet printer 20, constructed in accordance with the present invention, which may be used for printing for business reports, correspondence, desktop publishing, and in particular, for printing greeting cards, in an industrial, office, home or other environment. A variety of inkjet printing mechanisms are commercially available, although some of the more important advantages of the printer 20 may be appreciated best by people printing in a typical home environment. While it is apparent that the printer components may vary from model to model, the typical inkjet printer 20 includes a chassis 22 surrounded by a housing, casing or enclosure 24, typically of a plastic material. Sheets of print media are fed through a printzone 25 by a print media handling system 26 using a series of internal conventional media drive rollers (not shown). The print media may be any

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A hardcopy printing mechanism and a greeting card feeder retrofit kit therefor, along with a retrofitting method are provided for printing images on a first-sized media, and on both surfaces a second-sized greeting card media without removing the first-sized media from its normal supply tray. The hardcopy device may be an electrophotographic or inkjet printer preferably equipped with a duplexer module which inverts media from a printed first surface to an opposing second surface for printing an image thereon. For a printer having an alignment surface, and a width adjuster to push the first-sized media against the alignment surface, the greeting card feeder includes a biasing member which pushes the card stock against the alignment surface. The retrofit kit includes a supply of pre-scored greeting card stock and a software program with a group of greeting card images for a consumer to select from to print store-bought quality greeting cards.

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Owner HEWLETT PACKARD DEV CO LP
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