| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce oil ghosting in imaging systems. <P>SOLUTION: According to various illustrative embodiments, an apparatus 200 for redistributing release agent on a fuser surface of an image forming device is provided. The apparatus has: a fuser surface 110 for contacting a sheet of media having an image formed thereon by the image forming device, the fuser surface moving in a traveling direction; and a smoothing roll for redistributing the release agent on the fuser surface from a first post-fusing distribution to a second distribution, the smoothing roll contacting the release agent on the fuser surface at a prescribed contact area and pressing the release agent against the fuser surface to redistribute the release agent from the first post-fusing distribution to the second distribution. The smoothing roll is adapted to redistribute the release agent such that the second distribution is more uniform across the fuser surface than the first post-fusing distribution. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
