than the fourth pressure mechanism 476 the fifth pressure mechanism 478 and the sixth pressure mechanism 480 in an alternative embodiment of the invention all six of the pressure mechanisms 470 472 474 476 478 and 480 apply force against the o ring or gasket at the same time fig5 illustrates a flowchart of a method of extending platen roller life and increasing performance according to an embodiment of the invention a number of sheets of small format media are loaded and a number of sheets of large format media are loaded 510 into an imaging printer in an embodiment of the invention like the embodiment illustrated in fig4 a roller pre aging software program is executed 520 in other embodiments of the invention no roller pre aging software program may be executed and the following steps may be performed manually the roller pre aging software program automatically prints 530 out a number of small format media sheets the roller pre aging software program may then print 540 a number of large format media sheets the roller pre aging software program may determine if a pre determined time 550 has elapsed alternatively or in addition to the roller pre aging software program may determine if a threshold number of prints have been printed 555 if the pre determined time 550 has elapsed or the threshold number of prints have been printed.