Method for producing a large number of copies by means of copying apparatus
US4220699A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1978 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S101/37
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method whereby a large number of copies can be produced from a single electrostatic latent image formed on one of a dielectric member, an insulating member or photoconductive member by developing and printing the image by transfer printing in successive operations. The absolute value of a bias voltage impressed on the developing device in developing the electrostatic latent image is gradually reduced until the number of copies produced reaches a specific level, and then progressively increased as the number of copies produced increases for producing copies in numbers which exceed the specific level, whereby copies of a number greater than the number of the specific level can be produced from the same electrostatic latent image.
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