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Patent Inventor Names
Carl R. Bildstein0
Timothy Bradley0
Larry M. Ernst0
Bradford Brooks0
Joan L. Mitchell0
Date of Patent
June 1, 2010
0Patent Application Number
116226120
Date Filed
January 12, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An printer, such as a state of the art a high performance, electro-photographic printer. The printer includes at least one smart material sensor enclosed in the printer enclosure that monitors for the presence of a contaminant (e.g., toner or developer) above a selected threshold. Each smart material sensor is coupled to a control unit by a sensor driver coupling. When a smart material sensor finds that a contaminant is present the control unit may indicate the finding on a printer display and/or change operating mode.
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