Patent ID: 7035578

Claim:
A method of operating an electrographic printing machine, comprising: transferring toner to a first receiver sheet of a first size, the transferred toner being in a pattern corresponding to an image to be printed on the first receiver sheet; placing the first receiver sheet in contact with the surface of a fuser roller at a first position, to fuse the transferred toner to the first receiver sheet; then transferring toner to a second receiver sheet also of the first size, the transferred toner being in a pattern corresponding to an image to be printed on the second receiver sheet; placing the second receiver sheet in contact with the surface of the fuser roller at a second position, to fuse the transferred toner to the second receiver sheet; repeating the transferring toner and placing steps for a plurality of receiver sheets that are also of the first size; wherein the placing step places each successive receiver sheet in contact with the surface of the fuser roller at a different position that of a preceding receiver sheet.