Patent ID: 8702094

Claim:
A pre-curling and registration system for pre-curling and registering media comprising: a media curler system for pre-curling at least one of a lead edge and a trail edge of a sheet before delivery to a media hold-down transport, said sheet including said lead edge, said trail edge, and a first side edge and a second side edge therebetween, wherein said lead edge is approximately parallel to said trail edge; a heater assembly configured to heat said sheet prior to said sheet entering said media curler system; and a deskew mechanism coupled to said media curler system for pivoting said media curler system about a pivot axis to deskew said sheet, said pivot axis extends perpendicular to a transport path of said media hold-down transport, wherein said lead edge enters the pre-curling and registration system and said media curler system pre-curls said sheet towards said media hold-down transport, and as said sheet is being pre-curled, said deskew mechanism pivots said media curler system about said pivot axis to correct any skew errors in said sheet.