Patent ID: 7783243

Claim:
A method of enhancing fuser offset latitude during electrophotographic printing of a raised multicolor image on a receiver member, the method comprising: forming a first multicolor toner image having raised areas with 100 percent coverage of a clear overcoat toner on the receiver member; forming a second multicolor toner image having non-raised areas with one or more layers of color toner, the non-raised area having a non-raised mass laydown (NRML; mg/cm2); determining an amount of clear overcoat mass laydown in the non-raised areas (OML; mg/cm2), as a function of one or more NRML based factors comprising a fuser temperature and a nipwidth to optimize the fuser latitude while not exceeding a total mass laydown (TML); combining the first and the second multicolor toner images having raised areas and non-raised areas and depositing toner accordingly; fusing the clear toner overcoat and the multicolor toner image at a fusing temperature determined by the maximum total mass laydown (TML) in a raised area and the nip width to provide good adhesion to the receiver member while optimizing fuser offset latitude.