Patent ID: 8382970

Claim:
A process for forming a fuser member, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a metal heating layer for induction heating comprises the steps of: a) coating the substrate in one pass with a dispersion comprising silver nanoparticles to form a thin metal layer on the substrate; b) thermally annealing the thin metal layer to form an electrically conductive metalized layer with a thickness of from about 10 nanometers to about 3 micrometers on the substrate and; c) electroplating the substrate to form a thick metal layer on the metalized layer and; depositing an outmost releasing layer comprising a fluoropolymer material to avoid toner stain over one or more layers on top of the metal heating layer; thereby forming a fuser member; wherein the annealing at a temperature ranging from about 100 to about 250° C. for about 1 to about 30 minutes to form the electrically conductive metalized layer on the substrate, and wherein the electrically conductive metalized layer formed on the substrate has an electrical conductivity of at least about 5000 S/cm.