Resistive intermediate transfer member
CA 2077873 C · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Fletcher, Gerald M.
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An apparatus for enabling a laterally conductive resistive, backed photoconductive intermediate transfer member in an electrophotographic printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a toner transfer system having an intermediate transfer belt comprising a laterally conductive resistive substrate with a pre-transfer grounding device and a transfer charging device. A ground potential bias is applied to the intermediate transfer belt prior to entering a transfer nip region to generate low transfer fields therein. Subsequently the laterally conductive, resistive layer of the intermediate surface is provided with a biasing voltage, generating high transfer fields in the transfer nip. In …
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- Filed September 9, 1992 and granted October 6, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 9, 2012.
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