Patent ID: 8328307

Claim:
A method of operating an inkjet imaging device comprising: ejecting ink from a printhead into a document zone on a transfer member as the document zone on the transfer member moves past the printhead; moving a transfix member against the transfer member to form a nip; transferring the ejected ink to an image receiving medium as the document zone on the transfer member and the image receiving medium pass through the nip; altering operation of the inkjet imaging device in detection of a predetermined mode of operation of the inkjet imaging device, the operation alteration including: moving the transfix member out of engagement with the transfer member; applying release agent to the transfer member for at least one revolution after the transfix member moves out of engagement with the transfer member; moving the transfix member into engagement with the transfer member to form the nip for at least one more revolution after the at least one revolution; and moving at least one image receiving medium through the nip to transfer ink dispersed by the transfix member onto the image receiving medium.