Patent ID: 6749192
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A media feed mechanism, comprising:a picking device that picks a sheet of media from a media source; a first feedroller that moves the sheet of media along a feed media path; a second feedroller; wherein during a skew correction phase, the first feedroller rolls in a forward direction feeding the sheet of media forward and the second feedroller turns in a reverse direction preventing the sheet of media from progressing past a nip of the second feedroller resulting in skew correction; wherein after skew correction is performed, the second feedroller turns in the forward direction advancing the sheet of media for printing; and wherein when the second feedroller changes direction from the reverse direction to the forward direction, the first feedroller is halted so that when the second feedroller begins turning in the forward direction, slack in the sheet of media between the first feedroller and the second feedroller is reduced.