Patent ID: 6942406

Claim:
A media handling system for handling sheets of media, the media handling system comprising: a pick roller structure configured to selectively contact and pick a media sheet from an input source; a drive roller structure spaced from the pick roller structure; a first guide structure longitudinally extending continuously from the pick roller structure to the drive roller structure; a second guide structure longitudinally extending between the pick roller structure and drive roller structure to define a media path between first and second guide structures, the media path defining a media entrance adjacent the pick roller structure and a media exit adjacent the drive roller structure; and wherein the media path constrains the movement of a trailing edge of the media sheet as the trailing edge leaves the pick roller structure to minimize trailing edge print defects, wherein the first and second guide structures are separated by a distance, the distance being greater at the media exit than at the media entrance wherein the distance between the first and second guide structures increases gradually from the media entrance to the media exit.