Patent ID: 8317195

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a sheet media source capable of dispensing individual sheets of media; a sheet media outlet capable of outputting marked sheets of media; a marking unit operatively connected between said sheet media source and said sheet media outlet and adapted to generate marked sheets of media from said individual sheets of media dispensed by said sheet media source; and, an original document imaging system operative to transfer an image of an associated original document to said marking unit for marking on an individual sheet of media, said original document imaging system including: a document transport system capable of transporting an associated original document from a first transport position through an imaging zone to a second transport position with a leading edge of the associated original document disposed upstream of said imaging zone in said first transport position and with a trailing edge of the associated original document disposed downstream of said imaging zone in said second transport position; an image pathway extending from said imaging zone in optical communication with said marking unit; a document guide having an entry guide surface including a first ramp and a second ramp disposed in operative relation to said document transport system and capable of directing said leading edge of an associated original document toward said imaging zone at a first angle and directing said trailing edge of the associated original document toward said imaging zone at at least a second angle wherein said at least second angle is shallower than said first angle; said first ramp including a distal edge disposed a first distance from said imaging zone and said second ramp including a distal edge disposed a second distance from said imaging zone; and said second distance is less than said first distance.