On demand fuser and related method

An electrostatographic printer for on demand fusing with a fusing apparatus comprising:

• a. a variable heating fusing member comprising a variable contact area for fusing toner to sheets of receiver media;
• b. one or more support members in contact with said heated fusing member such that the contact member is capable of changing said fuser contact area;
• c. a pressure member in contact with the heated fusing member to form a fusing nip therebetween;
• and
• d. a variable fusing gloss selection device.

A method of forming toner images having portions of varying surface finishes, said method comprising:

• determining a first portion of an image and a second portion of an image to be printed with non-clear toner on a receiving surface,
• producing a plurality of toner images including both non-clear and clear toner images where at least one clear toner image is in registration with one non-clear image on the receiving surface, said plurality of toner images including a clear gloss enhancing toner for the clear toner such that the gloss enhancing toner image conforming to at least one image portion,
• superposing said clear toner images on the receiver in registration with the image portion, and
• fixing said toner images to said surface using a variable fuser.