Patent ID: 7440722
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printer apparatus for forming a fused image onto a substrate having a first surface, comprising: a marking engine adapted to form a first unfused toner image on the first surface and to provide a first electronic image corresponding to the first toner image; an electronic image storage device adapted to store the first electronic image; a first heating-element driver operably coupled to the electronic storage device; a first fuser having a first array of addressable heating elements and arranged proximate the first surface, the fuser operatively coupled to the first heating-element driver; the first fuser adapted to receive the substrate and, responsive to the first heating-element driver based on the first electronic image, to heat substantially only the unfused toner image by selective activation of the first array of addressable heating elements as the substrate moves past the first array; and a cleaning unit adapted to receive substrates from the fuser and remove unfused toner from the substrate.