A printing system includes first and second marking engines. First and
second fusers are associated with the marking engines, respectively. The
printing system has a first mode of operation in which print media is
fused by both fusers and a second mode of operation in which at least a
portion of the print media is fused by the second fuser, which portion
has not been previously fused by the first fuser. The second fuser has
first and second fuser operating modes when the printing system is in the
first and second modes of operation, respectively. The second fuser
applies a first energy input to the print media in the first fuser
operating mode and a second energy input, different from the first energy
input, to the print media in the second fuser operating mode.