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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Christopher A. Dirubio, Webster, NY (US);
Donald M. Bott, Rochester, NY (US);
Christopher A. Dirubio, Webster, NY (US);
Donald M. Bott, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A printing apparatus may include a heating element with at least one of a contact fuser, a radiant fuser, a substrate preheater, an image bearing member heater, and a transfuser, the heating element including a lattice of filaments wherein the filaments are separated from each other by a spacing and the spacing is such that an energy input into the heating element is radiantly output in a specific frequency band. A method of using a printing apparatus may include providing a heating element that is part of the printing device and that includes a lattice of filaments wherein the filaments are separated from each other by a spacing and the spacing is such that an energy input into the lattice is radiantly output in a specific frequency band, and performing at least one printing operation.