Abstract: Before stopper members (25) of a skew correcting mechanism (10) are evacuated from a sheet conveyor path, sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) rotate a set angle in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction such that a sheet is separated from the stopper members (25). The sheet conveyor roller pairs (8) are arranged so that at least one of the rollers of each pair is independently pressed against the other with a force corresponding to the type of the sheet.

Abstract: An assembly for feeding media associated with a printer or other media manipulating device includes a feed roller and first and second roller support members that rotatably mount first and second pinch rollers, respectively. The pinch rollers apply pressure to media on the feed roller at spaced pinch locations to increase the contact area between the media and the feed roller. One of the roller support members is movable with respect to the other of the roller support members to vary the distance between the first and second pinch locations and stretch the media on the feed roller during media loading.