EP0547348A3 - Electrophotographic color printer and method - Google Patents

Electrophotographic color printer and method Download PDF

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EP0547348A3
EP0547348A3 EP19920118744 EP92118744A EP0547348A3 EP 0547348 A3 EP0547348 A3 EP 0547348A3 EP 19920118744 EP19920118744 EP 19920118744 EP 92118744 A EP92118744 A EP 92118744A EP 0547348 A3 EP0547348 A3 EP 0547348A3
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color printer
electrophotographic color
electrophotographic
printer
color
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Chris A. Storlie
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HP Inc
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Hewlett Packard Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G15/0105—Details of unit
    • G03G15/0126—Details of unit using a solid developer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G15/0142—Structure of complete machines
    • G03G15/0147—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member
    • G03G15/0152—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member
    • G03G15/0163—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member primary transfer to the final recording medium
EP92118744A 1991-12-17 1992-11-02 Electrophotographic color printer and method Expired - Lifetime EP0547348B1 (en)

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US81223691A 1991-12-17 1991-12-17
US812236 2001-03-19

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US5799230A (en) * 1997-03-24 1998-08-25 Hewlett-Packard Company Compact electrophotographic color developer module
JP2003248362A (en) 2001-12-20 2003-09-05 Seiko Epson Corp Image forming apparatus
JP2004240407A (en) 2003-01-08 2004-08-26 Seiko Epson Corp Image forming apparatus

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EP0153038A2 (en) * 1984-01-30 1985-08-28 Konica Corporation Method of forming images
EP0326941A2 (en) * 1988-01-29 1989-08-09 Konica Corporation Image forming apparatus
EP0357384A2 (en) * 1988-08-31 1990-03-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha An image forming apparatus
EP0420217A2 (en) * 1989-09-29 1991-04-03 Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. Image forming apparatus
US5047804A (en) * 1987-07-27 1991-09-10 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Image forming apparatus having a toner replenishment control system
US5063410A (en) * 1989-02-10 1991-11-05 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Image forming apparatus having a plurality of removable developing devices

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CA2003398A1 (en) * 1988-11-21 1990-05-21 Shizuo Morita Color copy machine with detachable process cartridge

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EP0153038A2 (en) * 1984-01-30 1985-08-28 Konica Corporation Method of forming images
US5047804A (en) * 1987-07-27 1991-09-10 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Image forming apparatus having a toner replenishment control system
EP0326941A2 (en) * 1988-01-29 1989-08-09 Konica Corporation Image forming apparatus
EP0357384A2 (en) * 1988-08-31 1990-03-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha An image forming apparatus
US5063410A (en) * 1989-02-10 1991-11-05 Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha Image forming apparatus having a plurality of removable developing devices
EP0420217A2 (en) * 1989-09-29 1991-04-03 Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. Image forming apparatus

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PHOTOGRAPHING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING vol. 26, no. 5, September 1982, WASHINGTON pages 254 - 261 TAKAHASHI ET AL. 'Mechanism of Canon Toner Projection Development' *

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EP0547348A2 (en) 1993-06-23
JPH05307310A (en) 1993-11-19
DE69220764D1 (en) 1997-08-14

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