Printer incorporating a sheet pick-up device

摘要

A printer includes a printing mechanism. A roller assembly is arranged upstream of the printing mechanism to convey sheets of print media to the printing mechanism. A feed mechanism is arranged upstream of the roller assembly to feed sheets of paper from a stack of the sheets to the printing mechanism. The feed mechanism includes a pick-up device that includes a gas conduit in fluid communication with a gas supply and positioned to direct a flow of gas onto a first sheet of the stack of sheets such that the gas passes partially through the first sheet and impinges on a second sheet generating a cushion of air between the first and second sheets to separate the first and second sheets. A displacement device displaces the first sheet into engagement with the roller assembly.