Adjustment of feeder trays to correct alignment error of print media in a registration subsystem

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for automatically adjusting a feeder tray of a printing device, the operations comprising:

• receiving a signal to initiate a feeder tray adjustment routine, wherein the feeder tray adjustment routine, comprises:
• feeding a predetermined number sheets of print media into a registration subsystem;
• receiving, by the processor, an amount of lateral input error from one or more sensors that measure the lateral input error in the registration subsystem for each one of the predetermined number of sheets of print media that is fed into the registration subsystem;
• and
• calculating, by the processor, an amount of lateral adjustment based on an average of the amount of lateral input error for the each one of the predetermined number of sheets of print media;
• activating a mechanism to adjust a lateral position of the feeder tray by the amount that is determined;
• and
• feeding subsequent print media through the registration subsystem for printing an image on the subsequent print media.

A method for automatically adjusting a feeder tray of a printing device, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, a user input signal from a graphical user interface of the printing device to initiate a feeder tray adjustment routine, wherein the feeder tray adjustment routine, comprises:
• feeding a predetermined number sheets of print media into a registration subsystem;
• receiving, by the processor, an amount of lateral input error from one or more sensors that measure the lateral input error in the registration subsystem for each one of the predetermined number of sheets of print media that is fed into the registration subsystem;
• and
• calculating, by the processor, an amount of lateral adjustment based on an average of the amount of lateral input error for the each one of the predetermined number of sheets of print media;
• activating, by the processor, a motor coupled to a lead screw that is coupled to the feeder tray to adjust a lateral position of the feeder tray by the amount of lateral adjustment that is calculated;
• feeding subsequent print media through the registration subsystem for printing an image on the subsequent print media;
• monitoring, by the processor, the lateral input error of the subsequent print media periodically via the one or more sensors in the registration subsystem;
• and
• re-executing, by the processor, the feeder tray adjustment routine, when the lateral input error of the subsequent print media exceeds a threshold.