Patent ID: 7549626

Claim:
A method of moving a media sheet within an image forming device, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a height of a media stack within an input area; determining a first travel time to move from the media stack to a predetermined point along a media path downstream from the input area according to a first feed algorithm; determining a second travel time to move from the media stack to the predetermined point along the media path downstream from the input area according to a second feed algorithm; moving the media sheet according to the first feed algorithm when the height of the media stack is above a predetermined amount; moving the media sheet according to the second feed algorithm when the height of the media stack is below the predetermined amount; starting rotation of an aligner nip located along the media path in a reverse direction based on the height of the media stack in the input area; and forming a toner image on the media sheet at a point downstream from the input area.