Patent ID: 7164869

Claim:
A method for producing an image on a media sheet in an imaging device comprising: providing an imaging device having a motor and a heating element to effect final imaging, said imaging device powered from an electric power supply and having a control system to initiate and control said imaging device starting from a cold state; supplying electric power from a power source to said image device, wherein said power source is connected to other power-drawing components, wherein said heating element draws said electric power such that flicker is avoided in said other power-drawing components connected to said power source; at start from said cold state, initiating heating of said heating element; identifying to said control system media to be imaged that is heavy or thick or that is not heavy or thick; identifying to said control system whether said motor has reached a selected rotational speed; if said media is identified as not heavy or thick and said motor has reached said selected rotational speed, launching said media that is not heavy or thick after a first delay from initiating said heating at said start from said cold state, wherein said first delay is a delay that results from launching said media so that said media arrives at said heating element when said heating element reaches a predetermined temperature suitable for said media that is not heavy or thick; and if said media is identified as heavy or thick and said motor has reached said selected rotational speed, launching said media that is heavy or thick after a second delay from initiating said heating at said start from said cold state, wherein said second delay is longer than said first delay.