Patent ID: 8215633

Claim:
A method of feeding media in an inkjet printing system, the method comprising: providing a media input support; providing a media retention plate disposed at an angle with respect to the media input support, the media retention plate including a slot; providing a media stopper including: a rotatable shaft; a stopper element extending from the rotatable shaft and biased to protrude through the slot of the media retention plate; and a lever extending from an end of the rotatable shaft, the lever including a first contact surface; providing a pick roller configured to rotate in a rotation direction to move a piece of media from the media input support past the media retention plate; providing a gear train for transmitting power to rotate the pick roller; providing a feed roller configured to receive the piece of media from the pick roller, the feed roller including: a forward direction of rotation to move the piece of media in a same direction as the rotation direction of the pick roller; and a reverse direction of rotation that is opposite the forward direction; providing a feed roller gear that is coaxially mounted on the feed roller; providing a pick clutch assembly including: a first gear that is engaged with the feed roller gear; a second gear; and an arm including a second contact surface; rotating the feed roller in the reverse direction, thereby causing the pick clutch assembly to pivot the second gear into engagement with the gear train; bringing the second contact surface of the arm of the pick clutch assembly to bear against the first contact surface of the lever of the media stopper; rotating the arm of the pick clutch assembly to push the lever; and forcing the biased stopper element to retract through the slot of the media retention plate.