Claims
- 1. A printer comprising:
a rotatable take-up assembly adapted and configured to receive a quantity of a printing medium; a rotatable supply assembly; a printhead assembly; a motor assembly operatively coupled to said rotatable take-up assembly; and a media sensing assembly including a sensor and an indicator, said indicator being rotatable relative to said sensor.
- 2. The printer of claim 1, wherein the indicator includes alternating regions of at least two different reflectivities.
- 3. The printer of claim 1, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor.
- 4. The printer of claim 2, wherein the indicator includes alternating regions of black and silver.
- 5. The printer of claim 4, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor.
- 6. The printer of claim 1, wherein the sensor produces an output signal, said output signal being communicated to associated circuitry in said printer.
- 7. The printer of claim 6, wherein said output signal includes information indicative of the quantity of media in said rotatable supply assembly.
- 8. The printer of claim 6, wherein said output signal includes information indicative of the rotation of said rotatable supply assembly.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional application Serial No. 60/412,481 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60412481 |
Sep 2002 |
US |