Patent ID: 8141870

Claim:
A method for moving a media sheet within an imaging device comprising: moving a media sheet along a media path past a predetermined point P P on the media path by rotating a roller; after the media sheet reaches the point P P , begin monitoring whether a performance attribute of a component of the imaging device satisfies a predetermined criteria to signal that the media sheet is flush with an entrance to a feed nip; after the performance attribute of the component of the imaging device satisfies the predetermined criteria, beginning to rotate the feed nip in a downstream direction to enter the media sheet into the feed nip in a substantially deskewed alignment; and while the media sheet is moving, activating a sensor adjacent to the media path with the media sheet, then rotating the roller a predetermined rotational distance D P , wherein the point P P is determined by the position of the leading edge of the media sheet on the media path after rotating the roller the distance D P , wherein the distance D P varies depending on a pick mode used.