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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
William Paul Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
Hrishikesh Pramod Gogate, Lexington, KY (US);
Kimberely Aubrey Thuringer, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
William Paul Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
Hrishikesh Pramod Gogate, Lexington, KY (US);
Kimberely Aubrey Thuringer, Lexington, KY (US);
Edward Lynn Triplett, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A printer is provided including a reference edge, a fuser assembly, a cooling apparatus and a controller. The reference edge is adapted to be contacted by a substrate as the substrate moves along a substrate path through the printer. The fuser assembly includes a heat transfer member including a belt and a backup member. The cooling apparatus is adapted to move cooling air capable of cooling the fuser assembly. The controller is configured to activate the cooling apparatus after determining that a first end portion of the backup member opposite a second end portion of the backup member near the reference edge is at a temperature above a predefined first threshold temperature.