Patent ID: 9696661
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A method of operating an imaging device comprising: placing a first row of toner corresponding to a first row of an image onto an intermediate transfer mechanism (ITM); activating a pick mechanism a first time to attempt singulating a sheet from a stack of media; determining whether the singulating was successful; upon a negative determination, cleaning the first row of toner off the ITM, activating the pick mechanism a second time to attempt to singulate the sheet from the stack of media, placing a second row of toner corresponding to the first row of the image onto the ITM, transferring the second row of toner to the sheet; and upon a positive determination transferring the first row of toner to the sheet, wherein the activating the pick mechanism the first time includes driving a pick tire at a first rotation speed, the activating the pick mechanism the second time includes driving the pick tire at a second rotation speed, and the first rotation speed is greater than the second rotation speed.