Patent ID: 9606484
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A xerographic device adapted to print an image onto a copy sheet, comprising: an imaging apparatus for processing and recording an image onto said copy sheet; an image development apparatus for developing the image; a transfer device for transferring the image onto said copy sheet; and a fuser for fusing the image onto said copy sheet, said fuser including a fuser roll and a pressure roll that forms a nip therebetween through which said copy sheet is conveyed in order to permanently fuse the image onto said copy sheet, and wherein said fuser roll includes a heater comprising a single resistive trace with multiple taps for heating different media widths, and wherein one of said multiple taps is placed approximately at the center of said single resistive trace; and wherein said one of said multiple taps approximately at the center of said single resistive trace is a common trace.