Process for developing electrographic images by causing electrical breakdown in the developer
US4076857A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 1976 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 1996 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G13/08
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Development of electrostatic charge patterns (e.g., electrostatic latent images) carried on a support is accomplished in an electrographic process in which during development, an electrical field which is greater than the electrical breakdown value of the developer (i.e., greater than the maximum electrical field that the developer can support without undergoing electrical breakdown) is established across the developer in the development area. The process enables development of high quality, large solid-area images at high processing rates.
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