Patent ID: 8081914

Claim:
A method in a printing apparatus including a fuser member, an air knife, and a set of rotational members, the method comprising: feeding a media sheet through the fuser member; applying gas from the air knife to the media sheet on the fuser member to detach the media sheet at a detach point from the fuser member; asserting tension on the media sheet using the set of rotational members; and continuing to apply gas from the air knife to the media sheet until the set of rotational members asserts tension on the media sheet, wherein the method further comprises receiving the media sheet at the set of rotational members, wherein asserting tension comprises accelerating the rotational members to assert tension on the media sheet after a media sheet leading edge has exited the fuser member, and wherein the method further comprises decelerating the rotational members after asserting tension on the media sheet while the media sheet is still in the fuser member.