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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Benzion Landa, Nes Ziona, IL;
Ishajau Lior, Rehovot, IL;
Itzhak Ashkenazi, Kfar Gibton, IL;
Avner Schneider, Nes Ziona, IL;
Benzion Landa, Nes Ziona, IL;
Ishajau Lior, Rehovot, IL;
Itzhak Ashkenazi, Kfar Gibton, IL;
Avner Schneider, Nes Ziona, IL;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of heating toner of an image on a moving surface of an intermediate transfer member in order to transfer the image to a printing medium of a printing system includes providing a toner image on an intermediate transfer member, and placing a surface of a heated member in contact with the toner image on the intermediate transfer member prior to transferring the toner image to a further surface from the intermediate transfer member. Heating of the toner image by the contacting heated member is in addition to heating by a heater internal to the intermediate transfer member.