Patent ID: 7121546

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging station, a sheet media tray spaced from said imaging station, a media guide path between said imaging station and said media tray, a media drive member to move sheet media from said sheet media tray into said paper guide path, a pivotally mounted first autocompensating system located in said paper guide path for driving media, a motor to provide torque to said autocompensating system, and an electronic control for said imaging device having a first mode in which said first autocompensating system is pivoted away from said media guide path while said media drive member moves sheets from said tray to be proximate to said imaging station and having a second mode in which said first autocompensating system is pivoted into said media guide path and said media drive member moves sheets from said tray to said first autocompensating system, wherein a selection of one of said first mode and said second mode is made based on a length of at least one sheet.