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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2009
Stephen Bradley Williams, Marion, NY (US);
Paul M. Fromm, Rochester, NY (US);
William A. Burton, Fairport, NY (US);
Steven Matthew Russel, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Stephen Bradley Williams, Marion, NY (US);
Paul M. Fromm, Rochester, NY (US);
William A. Burton, Fairport, NY (US);
Steven Matthew Russel, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () and method () that adjusts a fuser nip width in an apparatus that can include a fuser member having a fuser nip configured to fuse an image on media is disclosed. The method can include feeding () a media sheet in a media sheet travel direction through the fuser nip. The method can also include sensing () a media sheet exit temperature of the media sheet after the media sheet exits the fuser nip. The method can also include adjusting () a fuser member nip width according to the sensed media sheet exit temperature, where the fuser nip width is substantially parallel to the media sheet travel direction.