1. A media handling system for use in a printing device, comprising:
a media path including a print zone portion, a duplex portion, and an output portion;
a transport assembly to move print media through the media path;
a processor;
a non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transport assembly to:
move a first medium through the media path;
move a second medium through the media path;
overlap a trailing portion of the first medium and a leading portion of the second medium within the media path;
overlap a leading portion of the first medium and a trailing portion of the second medium within the media path; and
overlap the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium during a time that the leading portion of the first medium and the trailing portion of the second medium is also overlapped to increase a rate of printing of the printing device.
2. The media handling system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory storage medium includes additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transport assembly to:
move one of the first medium and the second medium through the print zone portion of the media path during a period of overlap of one of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium and the leading portion of the first medium and the trailing portion of the second medium.
3. The media handling system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory storage medium includes additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transport assembly to:
decelerate the second medium to eliminate the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
4. The media handling system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory storage medium includes additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transport assembly to:
stop the second medium to eliminate the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
5. The media handling system claim 1, wherein the non-transitory storage medium includes additional instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transport assembly to:
accelerate the second medium into the duplex portion of the media path to reduce the overlap between the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
6. The media handling system of claim 1, wherein a combined length of the first medium and the second medium are greater than a length of the media path.
7. The media handling system of claim 1, further comprising a passive buffer where the first medium and second medium overlap.
8. The media handling system of claim 7, wherein the passive buffer is located in the duplex portion of the media path.
9. The media handling system of claim 1, wherein the first medium and the second medium overlap in the output portion of the media path.
10. A media handling method, comprising:
moving a first medium through a media path in a printing device;
moving a second medium through the media path in the printing device;
overlapping within the media path a trailing portion of the first medium and a leading portion of the second medium;
overlapping within the media path a leading portion of the first medium and a trailing portion of the second medium; and
controlling the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium to occur during a time that the overlap of the leading portion of the first medium and the trailing portion of the second medium occurs to increase a rate of printing of the printing device.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
moving one of the first medium and the second medium through a print zone of the printing device during a period of overlap of one of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium and the leading portion of the first medium and the trailing portion of the second medium.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
decelerating the second medium to eliminate the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
stopping the second medium to eliminate the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
accelerating the second medium into a duplex portion of the media path to reduce the overlap between the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the first medium is moved through a print zone portion of the media path to an output portion of the media path, and then moved through a duplex portion of the media path to the print zone portion for a second time, and further wherein the second medium is in the duplex portion of the media path the second time the first print medium is moved through the print zone.
16. A non-transitory storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to control a media handling system of a printing device to:
move a first medium through a media path in the printing device:
move a second medium through the media path in the printing device;
overlap within the media path a trailing portion of the first medium and a leading portion of the second medium;
overlap within the media path a leading portion of the first medium and a trailing portion of the second medium; and
control the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium to occur during a time that the overlap of the leading portion of the first medium and the trailing portion of the second medium occurs to increase a rate of printing of the printing device.
17. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the media handling system of the printing device to:
move one of the first medium and the second medium through a print zone of the printing device during a period of overlap of one of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium and the leading portion of the first medium and the trailing portion of the second medium.
18. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the media handling system of the printing device to:
decelerate the second medium to eliminate the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
19. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the media handling system of the printing device to:
stop the second medium to eliminate the overlap of the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
20. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 16, further comprising instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the media handling system of the printing device to:
accelerate the second medium into a duplex portion of the media path to reduce the overlap between the trailing portion of the first medium and the leading portion of the second medium.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising a TFT panel, a counter panel and liquid crystal interposed therebetween, said TFT panel comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a plurality of scanning lines overlying said transparent substrate to extend in a row direction;
a plurality of signal lines overlying said transparent substrate to extend in a column direction;
a plurality of common lines each corresponding to one of said scanning lines to extend in said row direction parallel to said one of said scanning lines, said scanning lines and said common lines are formed in a single layer so that at least one of said scanning lines and at least one of said common lines are arranged consecutively in said column direction and alternating from each other in parallel;
an array of pixels each disposed at an intersection between one of said scanning lines and one of said signal lines; and
a coupling line extending in said column direction, said coupling line including a conductive paste or a conductive tape coupling said common lines together.
2. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising a TFT panel, a counter panel, and liquid crystal interposed therebetween, said TET panel comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a plurality of scanning lines overlying said transparent substrate to extend in a row direction;
a plurality of signal lines overlying said transparent substrate to extend in a column direction;
a plurality of common lines each corresponding to one of said scanning lines to extend in said row direction parallel to said one of said scanning lines, said scanning lines and said common lines are formed in a single layer so that at least one of said scanning lines and at least one of said common lines are arranged consecutively in said column direction and alternating from each other in parallel; and
an array of pixels each disposed at an intersection between one of said scanning lines and one of said signal lines,
said TFT panel mounting thereon at least one driver block including a film member, a driver IC mounted on said film member for driving said scanning lines, and a coupling line for connecting said common lines together, said coupling line extending in a space between said film member and said driver IC.
3. The LCD device as defined in claim 2, wherein said film member is a chip-on-film (COF).
4. The LCD device as defined in claim 2, wherein terminals of said scanning lines are arranged in a zig-zag fashion on said TFT panel.
5. The LCD device as defined in claim 1, wherein said common lines are coupled together using different coupling structures on a first side with respect to coupling structures used on a second side of said substrate.
6. The LCD device as defined in claim 2, wherein said common lines are coupled together using different coupling structures on a first side with respect to coupling structures used on a second side of said substrate.