Extended registration control of a sheet in a media handling assembly

An apparatus for registering a sheet moved in a process direction along a transport path in a media handling assembly, a lateral direction extending perpendicular to the process direction, the apparatus comprising: a sheet registration nip assembly (N 2 ) for changing characteristics of the sheet wi...

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Hauptverfasser: DEJONG, JOANNES N M, WILLIAMS, LLOYD A, THARAYIL, MARINA L
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus for registering a sheet moved in a process direction along a transport path in a media handling assembly, a lateral direction extending perpendicular to the process direction, the apparatus comprising: a sheet registration nip assembly (N 2 ) for changing characteristics of the sheet with respect to the transport path, the characteristics of the sheet including at least one of a skew position, process direction position and a lateral position of the sheet (5); and a controller (30) communicating a first signal to the sheet registration nip assembly (N 2 ) to change a first sheet characteristic to a target characteristic, the first signal generated to impart the target characteristic to the sheet by the time the sheet reaches a preliminary registration datum, the preliminary registration datum disposed along the transport path between the sheet registration nip assembly and a delivery registration datum, wherein the delivery registration datum is disposed downstream of the sheet registration nip assembly, the controller communicating a second signal to the sheet registration nip assembly to change a second sheet characteristic to the target characteristic, the second signal communicated when at least a portion of the sheet is disposed along the transport path between the preliminary registration datum and the delivery registration datum.