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Image editing method

US4891287A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1988
Grant dateJan 2, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/04018
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image editing method utilizing an electrophotographic process, which method includes a first charging step of charging a photosensitive medium; a step of projecting an image onto the charged photosensitive medium to form an electrostatic latent image; a first developing step of developing the electrostatic latent image into a first powder image by the use of a first toner material having the same polarity as the charged polarity; a first transferring step of transferring the powder image onto a copying paper; a second charging step of again charging the photosensitive medium to a polarity the same as that of the charge established during the first charging step; a step of radiating rays of light to the charged photosensitive medium to remove the electrostatic charge at a specificed area of the photosensitive medium; a second developing step of developing the specified area of the photosensitive medium by the use of a second toner material different in color from the first toner material to form a second powder image; and a second transferring step of transferring the second powder image onto said copying paper so as to cover the first powder image which has been transferred onto…

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