FIXING DEVICE INCLUDING EXTENDED-LIFE COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FIXING MARKING MATERIAL TO SUBSTRATE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device including extended-life components and a method of fixing marking material to a substrate.SOLUTION: An exemplary embodiment of the fixing device includes: a first fixing member 182 including a first surface; a thermal energy source 188 for heating the first surface of the first fixing member to a fixing temperature; and a second fixing member 184 including a second surface. The first surface and the second surface form a fixing nip configured to receive a substrate including a surface and marking material comprising toner disposed on the surface. The first fixing member and the second fixing member are operable to apply a pressure of at least about 300 psi to the substrate and toner, and to heat the toner to a sufficiently-high temperature, at the fixing nip, to fix the toner to the substrate.