Patent ID: 7706733

Claim:
An offset printer comprising: a rotating image member for receiving colorant from a print head to form an image on the rotating image member; a motor having rotational output that is coupled to the rotating image member for rotating the rotating image member at a first surface speed and in a first rotational direction; a transfix member for forming a nip with the rotating image member to transfer the image from the rotating image member to media in the nip, the transfix member being moveable from a first position, in which the transfix member does not form a nip with the rotating image member, to a second position, in which the transfix member forms the nip with the rotating image member; and an endless belt coupled to the rotating image member and the transfix member when the transfix member is in the first position to rotate the transfix member at a second surface speed that corresponds with the first surface speed and in a direction opposite to the first rotational direction.