Patent ID: 6957035

Claim:
An electrophotographic apparatus for copying an image onto a sheet of a copy medium, said apparatus having a continuous loop of film for transferring said image to said sheet, a fuser section, and a travel path for transporting said sheet from said film to said fuser section, said travel path comprising: a vacuum transport for receiving said sheet from said film and moving said sheet towards said fuser; and a fuser entrance guide for receiving said sheet from said vacuum transport and guiding said sheet into said fuser section, said guide comprising: a housing adapted to maintain a vacuum therein; and a base plate on said housing; said base plate having a lower surface adapted to contacted by said sheet as said sheet moves between said film and fuser section, said lower surface having a first set of vacuum ports positioned near the edges thereof and a second set of vacuum ports positioned within a central area thereof, wherein the exits of some of said vacuum ports in said second set of vacuum ports are fluidly connected together.