Media diverter system using bernoulli force rollers

A media diverter system for directing a media sheet traveling along an input media path into either a first media path or a second media path, the media sheet having a first side and an opposing second side, comprising:

• one or more roller assemblies including:
• a media-guiding roller rotatable in a rotation direction around a roller axis, and having an exterior surface including one or more grooves formed around the exterior surface, wherein the first side of the media sheet faces the exterior surface of the media-guiding roller;
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• an air source for selectively providing an air flow into one or more of the grooves, the air flow being directed between the media sheet and the exterior surface of the media-guiding roller thereby producing a Bernoulli force to draw the media sheet toward the exterior surface of the media-guiding roller and providing an increased traction between the media sheet and the media-guiding roller;
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• a controller for selectively activating the air source in at least one of the roller assemblies while the corresponding media-guiding roller rotates around its roller axis in its rotation direction to draw the media sheet toward the exterior surface of the media-guiding roller, thereby directing the media sheet into either the first media path or the second media path;
• wherein the media sheet is horizontal as it travels along the input media path, and wherein the first media path is a left media path and the second media path is a right media path to the right of the left media path, and wherein at least one of the roller assemblies is oriented such that the roller axis is not perpendicular to an in-track direction of the media sheet in travels along the input media path such that when the air source is activated the media sheet is moved laterally along a media diversion path into either the left or the right media path.