Patent ID: 8285190

Claim:
A method for an image forming device to process a paper sheet, said paper sheet having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an inboard edge, an outboard edge, and a top surface, said leading edge and said trailing edge being approximately perpendicular to a feeding direction of said paper sheet and said inboard edge and said outboard edge being approximately parallel to said feeding direction of said paper sheet, said method comprising: forming a beveled-edge paper sheet by one of: enlarging an inboard edge-top surface angle of said paper sheet that is formed by an intersection of a plane of said inboard edge and a plane of said top surface, said enlarging an inboard edge-top surface angle comprising beveling said inboard edge by grinding to form an inboard beveled-edge-top surface angle of said paper sheet; and enlarging an outboard edge-top surface angle of said paper sheet that is formed by an intersection of a plane of said outboard edge and said plane of said top surface, said enlarging an outboard edge-top surface angle comprising beveling said outboard edge by grinding to form an outboard beveled-edge-top surface angle of said paper sheet; feeding said beveled-edge paper sheet to an included fuser in said image forming device, said fuser includes an elastomer member and a pressure member that receives said beveled-edge paper sheet therebetween; and deforming a portion of said elastomer member of said fuser to substantially conform to one of said inboard beveled-edge-top surface angle of said beveled inboard edge and said outboard beveled-edge-top surface angle of said beveled outboard edge.