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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2005
Adrian J. Lee, Chatham, IL (US);
Peter B. Pickett, Lexington, KY (US);
David A. Schneider, Lexington, KY (US);
John P. Spicer, Lexington, KY (US);
Adrian J. Lee, Chatham, IL (US);
Peter B. Pickett, Lexington, KY (US);
David A. Schneider, Lexington, KY (US);
John P. Spicer, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An electrophotographic imaging device comprises generally, an image transfer station configured to transfer a toned image to a substrate, a fuser assembly configured to fuse the toned image to the substrate and a transport device configured to transfer the substrate from the image transfer station to the fuser assembly. The device further includes a controller for controlling a first process rate of the image transfer device and a second process rate of the transport device. The controller has a mode of operation wherein the first process rate is different from the second process rate when a hand off is performed to pass the substrate from the image transfer station to the transport device.