US3909126A - Multi-process control system for an electrophotographic printing machine - Google Patents
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- US3909126A US3909126A US452101A US45210174A US3909126A US 3909126 A US3909126 A US 3909126A US 452101 A US452101 A US 452101A US 45210174 A US45210174 A US 45210174A US 3909126 A US3909126 A US 3909126A
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/50—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control
- G03G15/5033—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control by measuring the photoconductor characteristics, e.g. temperature, or the characteristics of an image on the photoconductor
- G03G15/5037—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control by measuring the photoconductor characteristics, e.g. temperature, or the characteristics of an image on the photoconductor the characteristics being an electrical parameter, e.g. voltage
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- each processing station is substantially optimized for the specific characteristics of the photoconductive surface employed and the changes occurring thereto during the processing.
- Capacitor 92 is recharged to this voltage.
- the output voltage is applied to power supply high-voltage operational amplifier 96 which holds the voltage output from the respective processing stations substantially constant until the next signal is received.
- contact 94 is again opened and the whole circuit waits for the next sample. It is evident, therefore, that this type of arrangement permits the probe of the present invention to detect both increases and decreases in potential while, substantially simultaneously therewith, generating a continuous control signal for regulating the potential applied to the respective processing stations.
- the foregoing circuitry heretofore described with regard to FIG. 4 will be referred to hereinafter by the reference numeral 98.
- the machine logic provides the other signal for the AND gate so as to actuate the appropriate channel corresponding to the developer unit being excited. It would be obvious to one skilled in the art that a single color electrophotographic machine would only require one channel inasmuch as only one developer unit is employed.
- a suitable development system employing a plurality of developer units is disclosed in co-pending application Ser. No. 255,259 filed in 1970, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated into the present application. It should be noted that voltage source 114 is adapted to electrically bias developer rolls 115, 117 and 119 to a normal voltage of about 500 volts.
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- Discharging, Photosensitive Material Shape In Electrophotography (AREA)
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Priority Applications (9)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US452101A US3909126A (en) | 1974-03-18 | 1974-03-18 | Multi-process control system for an electrophotographic printing machine |
| CA218,972A CA1081762A (en) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-01-29 | Multi-process control system for an electrophotographic printing machine |
| NL7501858A NL7501858A (nl) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-02-17 | Besturingssysteem voor meerdere behandelingen in een elektrofotografische drukmachine. |
| SE7502358A SE396660B (sv) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-03-03 | Givare for avkenning av pa en fotokonduktiv yta i en elektrostatografisk kopieringsmaskin herskande elektrostatiska uppladdningstillstand |
| JP50029448A JPS592898B2 (ja) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-03-11 | 静電複写機に用いられる光導電部材をシュミレ−トする検出装置 |
| IT21283/75A IT1034292B (it) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-03-14 | Macchina da stampa elettrofotografica |
| GB11005/75A GB1497289A (en) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-03-17 | Multi-process control system for an electrophotographic printing machine |
| FR7508191A FR2265122B1 (https=) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-03-17 | |
| DE19752511803 DE2511803A1 (de) | 1974-03-18 | 1975-03-18 | Einrichtung zum nachbilden einer fotoleitfaehigen bildplatte |
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| US452101A US3909126A (en) | 1974-03-18 | 1974-03-18 | Multi-process control system for an electrophotographic printing machine |
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| US3909126A true US3909126A (en) | 1975-09-30 |
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| US (1) | US3909126A (https=) |
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| CA (1) | CA1081762A (https=) |
| DE (1) | DE2511803A1 (https=) |
| FR (1) | FR2265122B1 (https=) |
| GB (1) | GB1497289A (https=) |
| IT (1) | IT1034292B (https=) |
| NL (1) | NL7501858A (https=) |
| SE (1) | SE396660B (https=) |
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| US4248524A (en) * | 1977-07-11 | 1981-02-03 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Method of and apparatus for stabilizing electrophotographic images |
| JP2766020B2 (ja) * | 1990-01-24 | 1998-06-18 | 株式会社日立製作所 | 静電記録装置 |
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| US3788739A (en) * | 1972-06-21 | 1974-01-29 | Xerox Corp | Image compensation method and apparatus for electrophotographic devices |
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| US3788739A (en) * | 1972-06-21 | 1974-01-29 | Xerox Corp | Image compensation method and apparatus for electrophotographic devices |
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| FR2265122A1 (https=) | 1975-10-17 |
| JPS592898B2 (ja) | 1984-01-21 |
| SE7502358L (https=) | 1975-09-19 |
| DE2511803A1 (de) | 1975-10-02 |
| FR2265122B1 (https=) | 1980-09-12 |
| CA1081762A (en) | 1980-07-15 |
| GB1497289A (en) | 1978-01-05 |
| JPS50129042A (https=) | 1975-10-11 |
| SE396660B (sv) | 1977-09-26 |
| NL7501858A (nl) | 1975-05-30 |
| IT1034292B (it) | 1979-09-10 |
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