Patent ID: 8583024

Claim:
A method for lifting an elevator plate of a media tray in an image production device, comprising: receiving a request to print a print job using stacked media from one of one or more media trays, the one of the one or more media trays having an elevator plate that lifts the stacked media so that it may be received by one or more feeder rollers that feed media to an image production section of the image production device, the elevator plate having a leading edge that is adjacent to the one or more feeder rollers and a trailing edge which is on an end of the one of the one or more media trays opposite that of the leading edge; initiating lifting of the leading edge of the elevator plate so that the stacked media may be received by the one or more feeder rollers; initiating printing of the requested print job from the one of one or more media trays; determining if the amount of stacked media in the one of the one or more media trays is less than a predetermined amount, wherein if it is determined that the amount of stacked media in the one of the one or more media trays is less than the predetermined amount, initiating lifting of both of the leading and trailing edge of the elevator plate so that the stacked media may be received by the one or more feeder rollers.