Patent ID: 6729613
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method for operating a pick motor of a pick system and a separate feed motor of a feed system to pick and feed a sheet of print media for printing, wherein the pick and feed systems each determine sheet position, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:a) obtaining a desired pick motor velocity for the pick motor from a first function of sheet position; b) obtaining a desired feed motor velocity for the feed motor from a second function of sheet position; c) using the sheet position determined by the pick system for both steps a) and b) until the happening of a predetermined event; d) synchronizing the determined sheet position of the feed system to the determined sheet position of the pick system upon the happening of the predetermined event; and e) using the sheet position determined by the feed system for both steps a) and b) after the happening of the predetermined event.