Patent ID: 8831455

Claim:
A method for mitigating fuser member edge wear, comprising: causing a fuser member to move axially in a first cross-process direction to a first end point by detecting when the fuser member passes a sensor position in the first direction; causing the fuser member to move in a second cross-process direction after a first period of time elapses; detecting when the fuser member passes a home sensor position in the second direction; causing the fuser member to move in the first direction after a first period of time elapses after the fuser member passes the home sensor a first time; and causing the fuser member to move in the second direction after a second period of time elapses, whereby an endpoint of travel along a zone of axial fuser member motion is varied in real-time based on a real-time position of the fuser member, wherein a distance of travel in an end of the zone of the fuser member axial travel is successively decreased.