Patent ID: 8548368

Claim:
A method for fusing a recording material on a medium, the method comprising the steps of: a) generating heat radiation; b) focusing the heat radiation in a narrow region of a fusing surface of a fusing element close to and upstream from a fusing nip for heating said fusing surface to a fusing temperature; and c) fusing the recording material onto the medium by transporting the medium and the recording material through the fusing nip, in which the medium and the recording material are brought into contact with the fusing surface of the fusing element, wherein the method further comprises, prior to step a), the steps of: d) transferring the recording material to the fusing surface of the fusing element, the fusing surface of the fusing element having a transfer temperature, the transfer temperature being lower than the fusing temperature; and e) the fusing element transporting the recording material to the fusing nip.