公开(公告)号：US10166790B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15671259

申请日：2017-08-08

Applicant: Xerox Corporation

Inventor： Michael John Wilsher ,  Simon Neil Jowett ,  Paul Simon Golding ,  Stephen Canning

IPC: B41J2/435 ,  B41J11/00 ,  G01G19/03 ,  G03G15/00 ,  B65H7/02 ,  B41J13/10

Abstract: A printing device includes a print media pathway connecting a print media source with a marking component. A flexible member, positioned in the pathway, is deflected by a moving sheet of media to be printed by the marking component. A sensor system outputs a signal in response to a detected deflection of the flexible member. A weight output component outputs a weight-related value for the sheet based on the output signal. The weight-related value may correspond to one of a predefined set of print media weight ranges, each range associated with one or more respective settings for the printing device. An adjustment component adjusts the settings of the printing device based on the weight-related value. This allows the printing device to respond dynamically to changes in print media weight without the need to be provided with the weight of the print media currently installed in the printer by a user.