A printing machine adapted to print an image on a plurality of different predefined sized sheets, including: means for selecting a sheet of a predefined size to be imaged; means for recording image; means for developing the image; means for transferring the image on the sheet; and a fuser for fusing the image onto the sheet, the fuser includes an endless belt having a plurality of predefined sized fusing areas being selectively activatable, and wherein the plurality of predefined sized fusing areas are arranged in a substantially parallel manner along a process direction of the belt; and means for activating one or more of the plurality of predefined sized fusing areas to correspond to one of the selected predefined sized sheet.
An improved fuser includes a heater that enhances uniform heating by altering the localized resistance which alters the localized power output of a resistive trace at the point of contact with a conductor trace in order to provide extra heating and thereby compensate for heat loss at the resistive trace/conductor trace junction.
