Patent ID: 8317185

Claim:
A method for feeding media sheets in an image production device, comprising: applying a downward airflow to a top of a leading edge of a media sheet located at a top of a media stack that is to be fed to an image production section of the image production device; applying a vacuum airflow to the top of the leading edge of the media sheet located at the top of the media stack that is to be fed to the image production section of the image production device, the applied downward airflow and the applied vacuum airflow causing the top media sheet to separate from the media stack; and feeding the separated top media sheet to the image production section, wherein the downward airflow and vacuum airflow are applied through a sheet separation unit having a plate having a plurality of holes, the plate having a bottom surface facing parallel to the top media sheet, wherein the downward airflow is applied using a first set of holes and the vacuum airflow is applied using a second set of holes.