Patent ID: 8714725

Claim:
An image receiving member for use in a phase-change inkjet printer comprising: a cylindrical wall having a first and a second end having a length between the first end and the second end and a thickness that form an outer surface configured to receive and carry phase change ink images and an inner surface defining an internal volume of the image receiving member; a first annular support member positioned in the internal volume of the image receiving member that is fixedly engaged to at least a portion of the inner surface of the cylindrical wall, the first annular support member having a length that is less than the length of the cylindrical wall, the first annular support member comprising a first C-shaped compressible ring and a second C-shaped compressible ring inserted in a groove formed in the inner surface of the cylindrical wall and fastened together after insertion in the groove, an opening of the first compressible C-shaped ring being positioned on and adjacent to a side of the internal volume that is diametrically opposite from a side of the internal volume that an opening of the second compressible C-shaped ring is adjacent; a second annular support member positioned between the first annular support member and the first end of the cylindrical wall, the second annular support member being fixedly engaged to the inner surface of the cylindrical wall; a third annular support member positioned between the first annular support member and the second end of the cylindrical wall, the third annular support member being fixedly engaged to the inner surface of the cylindrical wall; and a heater positioned in the internal volume of the cylindrical wall at a location that enables the heater to direct heat generated by the heater toward the inner surface of the cylindrical wall.