Patent ID: 8331818
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An electrostatographic printer for maintaining print quality, said apparatus comprising: a. a heated fusing member, including a power supply for controlling temperature of the fuser based on a receiver-fuser contact resistance, for fusing toner to sheets of receiver media; b. a pressure member in contact with the heated fusing member to form a fusing nip there between; c. a release system adjacent the pressure member at a distance “d” having a release angle α; d. a machine controller for changing the release angle α in accordance with the receiver-fuser contact resistance and the image on the media; e. a heating member controller associated with the machine controller, for changing temperature of the heated fusing member; and f. a release system controller associated with the machine controller, for changing the position of the release system relative to the pressure member and the heated fusing member.