Media feeding apparatus, media feeding method, and non-transitory recording medium

1 . A media feeding apparatus, comprising:

a media table on which a medium is placed;

a pick roller, disposed above the media table, to feed the medium placed on the media table;

a first pressing member to apply a first downward pressing force to the pick roller;

a second pressing member to apply a second downward pressing force to the pick roller; and

circuitry configured to control the media table to be raised to press the medium placed on the media table toward the pick roller when the medium fails to be fed,

wherein the pick roller is moved from a first position to a second position when the media table is raised, the second position being higher than the first position,

wherein the first pressing member does not apply the first downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the first position, and applies the first downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the second position, and

wherein the second pressing member applies the second downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the first position or the second position.

2 . The media feeding apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first pressing member is an elastic member.

3 . The media feeding apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first pressing member is a weighting member.

4 . The media feeding apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor to detect a position of the pick roller,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control the media table to stop being raised when the pick roller is at the second position or a third position higher than the second position.

5 . The media feeding apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry controls the media table to be raised when a leading end of the medium does not reach a predetermined position within a predetermined time from a start of feeding the medium or when a moving speed of the medium during feeding is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed.

6 . A media feeding method, comprising:

feeding, by a pick roller, a medium placed on a media table;

raising the media table to press the medium placed on the media table toward the pick roller when the medium fails to be fed, the pick roller being moved from a first position to a second position when the media table is raised, the second position being higher than the first position;

not applying, by a first pressing member, a first downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the first position, and applying, by the first pressing member, the first downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the second position, and

applying, by a second pressing member, a second downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the first position or the second position.

7 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

raising a media table to press a medium placed on the media table toward a pick roller when the medium fails to be fed, the pick roller being moved from a first position to a second position when the media table is raised, the second position being higher than the first position;

not applying, by a first pressing member, a first downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the first position, and applying, by the first pressing member, the first downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the second position, and

applying, by a second pressing member, a second downward pressing force to the pick roller when the pick roller is at the first position or the second position.