Patent ID: 7682014
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A media sheet heating mechanism in an imaging system comprising: an imaging member that is heated to a temperature in the range of about 50 degrees Celsius to about 70 degrees Celsius, the imaging member carrying an ink image for transfer to a media sheet that passes through a nip formed with the imaging member; and a media director that is positioned relative to the imaging member to move a media sheet into contact with the heated imaging member at a position prior to the nip through which the media sheet passes for transfer of the ink image from the imaging member to enable the heated imaging member to heat the media sheet to a temperature that facilitates transfer of the ink image from the imaging member to the media sheet before media sheet enters the nip; wherein the distance from the initial contact point of the media sheet with the media director to the nip formed with the imaging member is at least one fourth of the imaging member perimeter.