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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
Bartley Mark Hirst, Boise, ID (US);
Kenneth Eugene Heath, Boise, ID (US);
Mark John Wibbels, Boise, ID (US);
Bartley Mark Hirst, Boise, ID (US);
Kenneth Eugene Heath, Boise, ID (US);
Mark John Wibbels, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
There is provided a fusing system. The fusing system includes a fuser roller, a pressure roller arranged parallel to the fuser roller for providing pressure to a medium passing between the fuser roller and the pressure roller, and a heater external to the fuser roller and applying heat to the fuser roller when the heater is operated to apply heat. The fusing system also includes a control mechanism that the controls the heater to reduce heat provided by the heater when the temperature of the heater is determined to be above a predetermined maximum heater temperature.