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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2009
Saurabh Prabhat, Webster, NY (US);
Joannes N. M. Dejong, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Lloyd A. Williams, Mahopac, NY (US);
Saurabh Prabhat, Webster, NY (US);
Joannes N. M. deJong, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Lloyd A. Williams, Mahopac, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system feeds sheets through a media path in a process direction and moves a laterally movable sheet registration carriage (positioned within the media path) in a lateral direction perpendicular to the process direction. It determines the lateral error of the sheets within the media path before the sheets enter the sheet registration carriage, using first sensors positioned within the media path. This allows the sheet registration carriage to be moved to a variable lateral starting position (as opposed to a consistent reset position or centered reset position) before the sheets enter the sheet registration carriage based on the error of the sheets as determined by the first sensors. The error can be the amount of lateral error, or simply can be a classification of lateral error (right error, left error, etc.).