Method and apparatus using low gloss pressure fusing roll

An ambient temperature method of fixing pressure-fixable imaging powder to a receptor so as to produce permanent low gloss image and background areas on said receptor, the method including the steps of

• forming image areas on said receptor that are comprised of unfixed pressure-fixable imaging powder;
• passing said receptor between first and second pressure members that have skewed longitudinal axes with respect to each other to fix said powder to said receptor, the first member having a compliant, textured surface that engages the imaged surface of said receptor, the second member having a non-compliant, textured surface that engages the non-imaged surface of said receptor, wherein said textured surface of said second member restricts slippage of said receptor with respect to said second member, and wherein the textured surface of said second member has sharp peaks thereon, the pressure members progressively contacting each other along a narrow nip therebetween prior to the passage of said receptor and being adapted to provide sufficient pressure to fix said powder to said receptor while being rotated in opposite directions.