Sealed chamber to control the environmental condition of printer media

Abstract

A tray for holding a media roll being fed to a paper path of a copier/printer including a plurality of wall defining a chamber, the chamber including: an open portion thereof for receiving the print media roll; a cover for opening and closing the open portion of the chamber, a first seal associated with the chamber and cover, for preventing air from exiting or entering when the cover closed, a sheet slot defined in one of the plurality of wall, for feeding print media therethrough to the paper path of the copier printer; and a second seal, associated with the sheet slot, for to preventing air from exiting or entering the chamber as roll media is fed.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A tray for holding a media roll being fed to a paper path of a copier/printer, comprising: 
 a plurality of wall defining a chamber, said chamber including: 
 an open portion thereof for receiving the print media roll;  
 a cover for opening and closing said open portion of said chamber,  
 a first seal associated with said chamber and cover, for preventing air from exiting or entering when said cover is closed,  
 a sheet slot defined in one of said plurality of wall, for feeding print media therethrough to the paper path of the copier printer; and  
 a second seal, associated with said sheet slot, for to preventing air from exiting or entering said chamber as roll media is fed.  
   
     
     
         2 . The tray according to  claim 1 , further comprising a media feed roll for feeding roll media to the paper path of the copier printer.  
     
     
         3 . The tray according to  claim 1 , where said second seal comprises a thin blade bias.  
     
     
         4 . The tray according to  claim 2 , further comprising control means, in communication with said media feed roll, for moving a leading edge of said roll media to a position downstream of said second seal when said tray is disable.