A SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING MEDIA TYPE IN A PRINTING DEVICE MEDIA TRAY

摘要

A system and related methods for automatically identifying media type in a printing device media tray is presented. The system comprises a controller (24016), and an optical sensor (24015), communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the sensor, is positioned to locate and identify a code containing media type information from a next available piece of print media, and to generate a signal to the controller based, at least in part, on the identified code. Modifications to the printing device and subsidies to the user may occur as a result of the code.