Patent ID: 8843047

Claim:
A toner fixing system for fixing toner onto a receiver medium, the toner having a toner glass transition temperature, comprising: a liquid-supply system for providing a heating liquid; a liquid-heating system for warming the heating liquid to a temperature greater than the toner glass transition temperature; and a rotatable liquid-blocking barrier having an inner surface and an outer surface; and a media-transport system for transporting the receiver medium along a transport path in which the receiver medium is brought into contact with the outer surface of the liquid-blocking barrier in a contact zone; a liquid-delivery system for impinging the warmed heating liquid onto the inner surface of the liquid-blocking barrier such that heat is transferred through the liquid-blocking barrier from the heating liquid to the toner, thereby raising a temperature of the toner to a level above the toner glass transition temperature; wherein the liquid-delivery system includes a spraying system for spraying the warmed heating liquid onto the inner surface of the liquid-blocking barrier.