Patent ID: 7246962

Claim:
An imaging apparatus for printing on a sheet of print media, comprising: a print engine having a print zone; print media feed system to transport said sheet of print media in a media feed direction along a media feed path through said print zone, said print media feed system including: a plurality of exit rollers positioned across a width of said media feed path in a direction transverse to said media feed direction, said plurality of exit rollers including a first exit roller having a first rotational axis, a second exit roller having a second rotational axis, a third exit roller having a third rotational axis and a fourth exit roller having a fourth rotational axis, wherein in said direction transverse to said media feed direction, said first exit roller and said fourth exit roller form outermost exit rollers of said plurality of exit rollers, and said second exit roller and said third exit roller form interior exit rollers of said plurality of exit rollers, wherein said second rotational axis and said third rotational axis are parallel, said first rotational axis being canted with respect to said second rotational axis, and said fourth rotational axis being canted with respect to said third rotational axis, with said first rotational axis and said fourth rotational axis being non-parallel; a plurality of pressure rollers, each of said plurality of pressure rollers engaging a respective one of said plurality of exit rollers to define a plurality of exit nips; and a support structure for mounting said plurality of exit rollers and said plurality of pressure rollers, said support structure positioning said plurality of exit nips in an arrangement to define a transverse path across said width of said media feed path in said direction transverse to said media feed direction, said transverse path having a central portion and elevated portions on each side of said central portion.