An improved fuser subassembly is provided for electrophotographic printers,
in which the detack fingers that separate print media from the fuser hot
roll do not make physical contact with that hot roll, and thus are
"non-contact" detack fingers. A maximum clearance distance is observed as
a relatively tight tolerance between the surface of the hot roll and the
tip of the non-contact detack fingers. Both color and mono laser printer
products can benefit from this design. Since the finger tips are
spaced-apart from the fuser hot roll, the life of the hot roll is
increased, and other potential problems are eliminated, such as
contamination of the detack fingers, which sometimes cause accordion jams
of prior art "contact" detack fingers.
