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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Apparatuses useful in printing, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material on media
Mark Steven Amico, Pittsford, NY (US);
Martin Franklin Zess, Churchville, NY (US);
Mark Steven Amico, Pittsford, NY (US);
Martin Franklin Zess, Churchville, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses useful in printing, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material on media are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses useful in printing includes a marking device; a first transport device which transports a first medium and a successive second medium to the marking device in a process direction with the first medium and second medium separated from each other by a first inter-document zone in the process direction; a fixing device including a first member including a first outer surface and a second member including a second outer surface forming a nip with the first outer surface; a second transport device which transports the first medium and second medium from the marking device to the nip; and a controller configured to control a speed of the marking device, the first member and the second transport device to reduce the first inter-document zone between the first medium and second medium to a second inter-document zone in the process direction between the marking device and the nip.