Abstract: For a printer system (38) having a thermal printhead or an inkjet printhead for printing images on receiver media, such as sheets of paper (14), a pick roller (18) for drawing at least on sheet of paper (14), and a cutter assembly (26) for trimming the printed paper (14a) to size, a roller system (5), to help remove chad (16) and trimmed media in thermal printer (38), which is known to cause paper jams and interfere with printing, is disclosed. The roller system (5) comprises a paper tray (7) configured to hold a supply of paper (14), or other flexible media. The roller system (5) further comprises a roller (12) and a tray cover (10). Roller (12), which is located in contact with the supply of paper (14), is configured to operate in connection with the actions of the pick roller (18). Tray cover (10) is positioned over the paper tray (7) and includes an aperture adapted to receive roller (12).

Abstract: For a printer system (38) having a thermal printhead or an inkjet printhead for printing images on receiver media, such as sheets of paper (14), a pick roller (18) for drawing at least on sheet of paper (14), and a cutter assembly (26) for trimming the printed paper (14a) to size, a roller system (5) to help remove chad (16) and trimmed media in thermal printer (38), which is known to cause paper jams and interfere with printing, is disclose. The roller system (5) comprises a paper tray (7) configured to hold a supply of paper (14), or other flexible media. The roller system (5) further comprises a roller (12) and a tray cover (10). Roller (12), which is located in contact with the supply of paper (14), is configured to operate in connection with the actions of the pick roller (18). Tray cover (10) is positioned over the paper tray (7) and includes an aperture adapted to receive roller (12).

Abstract: A thermal printer has a platen roller and a moveable print head. A paper guide is positioned for guiding a sheet receiver media to an entrance between the platen and the print head when the print head is in the nonprinting position. A capstan pinch roller is movable relative to a capstan roller to grip the dye receiver therebetween. The capstan roller meters the receiver in a forward direction along the paper guide prior to metering the receiver in a reverse direction not along the paper guide and again in the forward direction not along the paper guide. The receiver media travels along two different transport paths.