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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
Dale R. Mashtare, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Shu Chang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Grace T. Brewington, Fairport, NY (US);
John F. Knapp, Fairport, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Daniel M. Bray, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul J. Mcconville, Webster, NY (US);
Jason M. Lefevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Karen A. Moffat, Brantford, CA;
Jordan H. Wosnick, Toronto, CA;
Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, NY (US);
Dale R. Mashtare, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Shu Chang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Grace T. Brewington, Fairport, NY (US);
John F. Knapp, Fairport, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Daniel M. Bray, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul J. McConville, Webster, NY (US);
Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Karen A. Moffat, Brantford, CA;
Jordan H. Wosnick, Toronto, CA;
Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Multi-stage fixing systems for fixing toner to a substrate, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the multi-stage fixing systems includes a softening device for softening toner applied to a substrate by a marking device; and a fixing device for fixing the softened toner to the substrate. The fixing device includes a first fixing member including a first surface; a first thermal energy source for actively heating the first surface; and a second fixing member including a second surface, the first surface and the second surface form a fixing nip at which the substrate with softened toner is received. The first fixing member and the second fixing member are operable to apply heat and pressure to the substrate and softened toner received at the fixing nip to fix the toner to the substrate.