Patent ID: 8478144

Claim:
A method for forming a combination print having an image thereon, the method, comprising the steps of: providing a first receiver having a first side with a toner in an overlap area; overlapping the overlap area of the first receiver with a second receiver; and moving the first receiver and second receiver in an overlapped position past a print engine so that an image is formed on the combination of the first receiver and the second receiver with a continuous application of toner forming the image applied across the first receiver and the second receiver; and fusing the first receiver and second receiver to bind the prints together and to fix the toner to form the combination print having a continuously applied image wherein the first receiver is provided by passing a first print past the print engine to record a toner image providing toner in the overlap area, and recirculating the first receiver to a print head and wherein the first layer of toner is applied at a thickness to partially mask a second edge of the second receiver.