Abstract: An oil web system and method for operating a fuser system of an imaging apparatus in which remaining life of the oil web is determined from data on drive mechanism activation and data on web advancement lengths. A warning signal can be issued upon a predetermined remaining length being reached, and the machine can be disabled upon exhaustion of the web life.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 2000
Date of Patent:
February 12, 2002
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael David Maul, Edward Alan Rush, David William Shuman