An offset printing apparatus for transferring a phase change ink onto a
print medium having a phase change ink component for applying a phase
change ink in a phase change ink image; an imaging member for accepting
the phase change ink image from the phase change ink component, and
transferring the phase change ink image from the imaging member to the
print medium, and a transfix pressure member positioned in association
with the imaging member, wherein the print medium passes through a nip
formed between the imaging member and the transfix pressure member, and
wherein the imaging member exerts pressure on the transfix pressure
member so as to transfer and fuse the phase change ink image from the
imaging member to the print medium, and further wherein the transfix
pressure member includes a substrate; and an outer layer having a modulus
of from about 8 to about 300 MPa, a thickness of from about 0.3 to about
10 mm, and wherein the pressure exerted at the nip is from about 750 to
about 4,000 psi.