I just got a Carba-tec 8" Jointer and was surprised to find the fence not sitting flush on the out feed end (there is a section of the fence on the out feed side that is lower than the rest and the whole fence is currently angling upwards from the infeed end. Looking at pictures it looks like this is normal.

Can someone briefly explain the reason for this design? I'm starting to think it's to do with the adjusting of the in/outfeed sides.