Patent ID: 8322709

Claim:
A method for indexing a lift plate in an image forming device, comprising: driving a motor in a first direction to drive a pick mechanism for feeding media from a stack of media sheets on a raisable lift plate such that as media is fed the height of the pick mechanism decreases; when the height of the pick mechanism falls below a predetermined level, driving the motor a predetermined amount of rotation in a second direction opposite the first direction to raise the lift plate in order to raise the pick mechanism to a desired pick height; advancing the media with a roller disposed downstream from the pick mechanism; after a leading edge of the media reaches the roller, stopping the drive of the motor in the first direction; and when the height of the pick mechanism falls below the predetermined level, beginning the drive of the motor in the second direction to raise the lift plate before a trailing edge of the media sheet being fed disengages from the pick mechanism.