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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention generally relates to printer apparatus and methods and more particularly relates to a printer and media supply spool adapted to sense type of media, and method of assembling same.

Pre-press color proo? ng is a procedure that is used by the printing industry for creating representative images of printed material. This procedure avoids the high cost and time required to actually produce printing plates and also avoids setting-up a high-speed, high-volume, printing press to produce a single example of an intended image. OtherWise, in the absence of pre-press proo? ng, the intended image may require several corrections and be reproduced several times to satisfy customer requirements. This results in loss of pro? ts. By utiliZing pre-press color proo? ng time and money are saved.