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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Carolyn P. Moorlag, Mississauga, CA;
Edward G. Zwartz, Mississauga, CA;
Gordon Sisler, St. Catharines, CA;
Kurt I. Halfyard, Mississauga, CA;
Yu Qi, Oakville, CA;
Sandra J. Gardner, Oakville, CA;
T. Brian Mcaneney, Burlington, CA;
Nan-xing HU, Oakville, CA;
Carolyn P. Moorlag, Mississauga, CA;
Edward G. Zwartz, Mississauga, CA;
Gordon Sisler, St. Catharines, CA;
Kurt I. Halfyard, Mississauga, CA;
Yu Qi, Oakville, CA;
Sandra J. Gardner, Oakville, CA;
T. Brian McAneney, Burlington, CA;
Nan-Xing Hu, Oakville, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present teachings provide a fusing method and system of tuning gloss level on a copy substrate. The method includes obtaining an image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium including a charge-retentive surface to receive an electrostatic latent image thereon. The method includes applying toner to the charge-retentive surface to develop an electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on the charge-retentive surface. The developed image is transferred from the charge retentive surface to a copy substrate. The toner images are fused to a surface of the copy substrate. The gloss is adjusted on the copy substrate by providing a fuser member having a surface layer a fluoroplastic matrix having dispersed therein aerogel particles wherein the greater a weight percent of the aerogel particles in the fluoroplastic matrix the lower the gloss.