Patent ID: 8690314

Claim:
A media transport method, comprising: applying a nominal tension to a media extending between and in contact with a media drive roller of a drive roller assembly and a media output roller of an output roller assembly by the media output roller; advancing the media in a media advancement direction toward and away from a media support member disposed between the media drive roller and the media output roller and in contact with the media by the media drive roller; and determining whether the media drive roller is in a rotating state within a predetermined time period after being in a non-rotating state by a restart period determination module and a kinematic condition exists corresponding to a non-synchronized state between rotation of the media drive roller and the media output roller by a kinetic condition determination module such that: if so, applying an enhanced tension corresponding to an amount of tension greater than the nominal tension to the media by the media output roller; and if not, applying the nominal tension to the media by the media output roller.