Patent ID: 7275740

Claim:
A method for adjusting the time interval between feeding of successive sheets of media in a printer or copier comprising: initiating a first pick signal for a sheet of media and identifying a measured feed time for said sheet of media; identifying a maximum feed time and a first expected feed time for said sheet of media; identifying whether or not said sheet of media is a first sheet of media; and identifying whether or not said first sheet of media is problem media by identifying if said measured feed time of said first sheet of media is greater than said maximum feed time, wherein if said measured feed time is greater than said maximum feed time, set a second expected feed time for a subsequent sheet to said first expected feed time for said first sheet of media and if said measured feed time of said first sheet of media is not greater than said maximum feed time, set said second expected feed time for said subsequent sheet to said measured feed time for said first sheet of media.