Small/special media guide-in tray

A small media guide-in device for an media handling device, comprising:

• a media tray having an aperture therethrough for small media;
• opposed guide arms substantially C-shaped in section and pivotally connected to said media tray and extending through said;
• and
• said guide arms being synchronously engaged and biased toward a first position.

A small media guide-in tray for a media handling device containing a printing mechanism having a media input tray and a paper picking mechanism for feeding media to said printing mechanism, comprising:

• a media exit tray having an aperture therethrough for feeding small media to said paper picking mechanism, said exit tray positioned above said input tray;
• first and second opposed media guide arms extending through said aperture, said guide arms being substantially C-shaped in cross section with at least on edge being radiused and having a plurality of gear teeth, said guide arms and aperture defining a downwardly directed small media feed path through said media tray into said input tray and to said paper picking mechanism for feeding into said printing device;
• at least two posts depending from a lower surface of said media tray and positioned adjacent said aperture with one of said guide arms pivotally connected to one of said post and the other of said guide arms pivotally connected to the other of said posts such that the gear teeth of said guide arms intermesh as the guide arms pivot in said aperture allowing for synchronous movement of said guide arms to a second position when said small media is inserted between said guide arms;
• and,
• a coil spring connected to and positioned between said first and second opposed media guide arms for biasing said arms in a first position in said aperture, said coil spring and said guide arms aligning said small media to be received by said paper picking mechanism.