A feeding and conveying arrangement for sheets of xerographic copy paper passing through the recording and developing sections of a photocopying machine. Three feeding mechanisms are provided, one to take sheets from the magazine, a second to take sheets through the exposure station, this one being on a pivotal assembly, and a third for feeding the sheets through the developing means at a lower velocity than that at which the others operate, means being provided to accommodate a temporary loop of paper until it can be handled by the slower developing feeder.