Patent ID: 8280297
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of forming electophotographic borderless prints in a printer, wherein the printer comprises: a media input area; a printing mechanism including a toner station, an image transfer station, a pre-heater, and a fusing area; and a media output area, and wherein the method comprises: determining a media type of a medium in the media input area; determining if borderless printing of an image based upon print data provided to the printer is possible using a medium of the determined media type; image-wise providing toner on the medium according to the print data; and pre-heating only a leading edge of the medium corresponding to the length of the leading edge that first contacts the fusing area with the pre-heater that heats the medium such that the toners melt into the thermoplastic layer of the medium before the medium enters the fusing area when it is determined that borderless printing of an image based upon the print data is not possible without a high risk of defects at the leading edge using the medium of the determined media type and otherwise allowing the leading edge of the medium to enter the fusing area without pre-heating the leading edge.