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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
Thomas Judson Campbell, Georgetown, KY (US);
Jichang Cao, Lexington, KY (US);
William Paul Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
James Douglas Gilmore, Lexington, KY (US);
Hrishikesh Pramod Gogate, Lexington, KY (US);
James Allen Lokovich, Georgetown, KY (US);
Wesley David Mcintire, Lexington, KY (US);
Thomas Judson Campbell, Georgetown, KY (US);
Jichang Cao, Lexington, KY (US);
William Paul Cook, Lexington, KY (US);
James Douglas Gilmore, Lexington, KY (US);
Hrishikesh Pramod Gogate, Lexington, KY (US);
James Allen Lokovich, Georgetown, KY (US);
Wesley David McIntire, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A printer is provided, including a substrate transport apparatus for moving substrates along a substrate path; a media sensor actuated by mid-width and full substrates but not by narrow width substrates; and a fuser assembly including a belt, a heater to heat the belt, a backup member to engage the belt so as to define a fusing nip with the belt, and a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of a portion of the backup member engaging only full width substrates. A controller is coupled to the media sensor and the temperature sensor for determining whether a substrate moving through the fuser assembly is a narrow width, mid-width or full width substrate.