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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Grace T. Brewington, Fairport, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Frank J. Bonsignore, Rochester, NY (US);
Christopher Lynn, Wolcott, NY (US);
John Newell, Fairport, NY (US);
Phillip Crispino, Webster, NY (US);
Grace T. Brewington, Fairport, NY (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Frank J. Bonsignore, Rochester, NY (US);
Christopher Lynn, Wolcott, NY (US);
John Newell, Fairport, NY (US);
Phillip Crispino, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method control fix levels in a printing apparatus. The apparatus can include a media transport configured to transport a media sheet having marking material on at least a first side of the media sheet. The apparatus can include a media sheet rub module configured to rub a rub material against the first side of the media sheet. The apparatus can include a sensor configured to sense marking material on the rub material, the marking material rubbed from the first side of the media sheet onto the rub material. The apparatus can include a controller configured to determine a fix level of marking material on the media sheet based on the sensed marking material on the rub material, the fix level indicating how well the marking material is affixed to the media sheet.