Method and device for correcting pick timing in an image forming device

A method of moving a media sheet along a media path in an image forming device, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining that the media sheet is to be moved from an input area;
• detecting that a downstream nip is in an open orientation;
• determining that the downstream nip has moved from the open orientation to a closed orientation;
• moving the media sheet from the input area into the media path;
• determining a delay in moving the media sheet into the media path resulting from waiting for the downstream nip to move to the closed orientation;
• and
• accelerating the media sheet at an elevated speed along the media path for a predetermined period of time and reducing an interpage gap caused by the delay.

A device to control the movement of a media sheet along a media path in an image forming device, the device comprising:

• an input area;
• a media path comprising a first nip and a second nip;
• a pick mechanism to move the media sheet from the input area into the media path;
• and
• a controller that controls operation of the first and second nips and the pick mechanism, the controller operative to determine a delay time from when a pick command is received and the first nip is in an open orientation until the first nip moves from the open orientation to a closed orientation, once the first nip is at the closed orientation the controller moving a media sheet from the input area to the media path and increasing a speed of one of the first and second nips to an elevated speed to remove a lag in the media sheet caused by the delay while waiting for the first nip to move to the closed orientation.