Abstract: A resilient pressure roller of the large type that is of unitary construction with a rigid core, a central body of rubber or synthetic rubber of one durometer and a thin outer shell of another durometer. The body is given a nonlinear longitudinal profile and the shell is given a profile different from that of the body. The differences in profiles of the body and shell, along with their different durometers sum to develop approximately uniform nip profiles along the nip so as to minimize hysteresis heating and degradation in the roller and thereby provide a roller of greatly extended life expectancy.