Patent ID: 8509635

Claim:
A method for operating a printer to form a durable combination print, comprising the steps of: providing a first receiver with a first thickness at a first edge and having a first toner image on a first side with toner at least in an overlap area proximate the first edge and toner forming a toner edge shield; overlapping the first edge and overlap area with a second receiver having a second thickness at a second edge; and, fusing the first receiver and the second receiver to cause any toner thereon to bond to the first receiver and to the second receiver and to cause the toner in the overlap area to bond the first receiver to the second receiver; wherein the first toner image includes toner applied to form a toner edge shield with a first end confronting the second edge that extends from the first side of the first receiver to at least about 50% of the second thickness and has a deflection surface which is sloped toward a second end of the toner edge shield with the second end extending from the first side of the first receiver less than the first end.