One of the design methods which emulates the engineering design process, the configuration design methodology, is applied to the design process of paper feeding mechanism which handles paper in a laser beam printer. Components of a paper feeding mechanism should be designed not to incur vibration to paper and to keep paper flat when transferring. Hybrid knowledge representation is used where the design methods and experience is represented as rules, design parts are represented as objects according to the functions within the printer feeding mechanisms Reliability of design can be improved by referencing various design constraints concurrently.