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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Brian Keith Bartley, Burgin, KY (US);
Johnny Ray Sears, Versailles, KY (US);
Inventors:
Brian Keith Bartley, Burgin, KY (US);
Johnny Ray Sears, Versailles, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to printers and media fixing mechanisms such as fusers and management of fuser performance. An article, device, method, and system are provided in which the time to the fuser nip of a sheet of media may be calculated and may be compared to the fuser ramp time. When the fuser ramp time exceeds the time for the sheet of media to reach the fuser nip, the fuser may be turned on.