Patent ID: 8107871

Claim:
An apparatus useful for printing, comprising: a first member including a first outer surface; a roll including a second outer surface forming a nip with the first outer surface, the second outer surface including an inner portion having first and second axially-spaced edges, a roughened first high-friction surface axially outward from the first edge and a roughened second high-friction surface axially outward from the second edge, the first and second high-friction surfaces extending circumferentially around the roll and having a higher roughness than the inner portion; wherein the inner portion and the first and second high-friction surfaces contact the first outer surface at the nip, and the first and second high-friction surfaces lie outside of a media path through the nip; and a heat distributing roll including a third outer surface contacting the second outer surface of the roll, the third outer surface including axially-spaced, high-friction surfaces contacting the first and second high-friction surfaces.