Media alignment

A sheet media alignment system, comprising:

• a guide defining a curved media path;
• a transfer mechanism to move a media sheet away from the guide, the transfer mechanism including a blocker movable into a blocking position to block a leading edge of the media sheet exiting the guide and away from the blocking position to allow moving the media sheet away from the guide;
• and
• a drive roller upstream from the curved media path to drive a media sheet into the guide along the curved media path and to drive the leading edge of the sheet into the blocker;
• the blocker positioned less than 4 mm from an exit from the guide when the blocker is in a blocking position;
• and
• the drive roller positioned at least 50 mm from an entrance to the guide.

A sheet media alignment system, comprising:

• a channel defining a curved media path that extends from an upstream part of the channel to a downstream part of the channel;
• a transfer mechanism to move a media sheet away from the downstream part of the channel, the transfer mechanism movable into a stationary blocking position to block a leading edge of the media sheet leaving the channel and away from the stationary blocking position to move the media sheet out of the channel;
• and
• a drive roller upstream from the channel to drive the leading edge of the media sheet into the transfer mechanism when the transfer mechanism is in the stationary blocking position.