Inner paper guide for media shape control in a printer

摘要

A media handling system (50) for handling sheets of media. The system includes a pick roller (52) having a circumferential media-contacting surface and arranged for rotation about a roller axis to contact and pick a sheet from an input source. A drive roller (56) rotates about a drive roller axis, with a media path extending between the pick roller and the drive roller. A first guide structure (62) is positioned along a first longitudinal edge of the media path and providing a first media guide surface. A second guide structure (64) is positioned along a second longitudinal edge of the media path and provides a second media guide surface. The first and second guide surfaces are positioned to constrain the movement of a media sheet in the media path between the pick roller and the drive roller, thereby alleviating trailing edge print defects. <IMAGE>