Printing system

Details Printing system Printing system

2007-07-17

2007-07-17

Beatty, Robert (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Control of electrophotography process

Control of fixing

Reexamination Certificate

active

11094864

ABSTRACT:
A printing system includes first and second marking engines. First and second fusers are associated with the marking engines, respectively. The printing system has a first mode of operation in which print media is fused by both fusers and a second mode of operation in which at least a portion of the print media is fused by the second fuser, which portion has not been previously fused by the first fuser. The second fuser has first and second fuser operating modes when the printing system is in the first and second modes of operation, respectively. The second fuser applies a first energy input to the print media in the first fuser operating mode and a second energy input, different from the first energy input, to the print media in the second fuser operating mode.

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