Printing device

A method of feeding a plurality of single sheet media stacked on a placement unit of a printing device, the feeding being in a transport direction towards printing unit of the printing device, the method comprising:

• using a feed roller of the printing device to form a misaligned stacking state of the plurality of single sheet media stacked on the placement unit by repeating a preliminary feed operation and a preliminary non-feed operation a plurality of times before starting the feeding of the medium downstream in the transport direction from the placement unit, the misaligned stacking state being in which a first medium is disposed further downstream, in the transport direction, than the media disposed closer to the placement unit side than the first medium in a stacking direction,
• the preliminary feed operation being in which the feed roller rotates while in contact with the first medium, and
• the non-feed operation being in which the first medium does not move downstream in the transport direction, and
• subsequent to formation of the misaligned stacking state, using the feed roller to feed a first medium downstream in the transport direction from the placement unit.