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Constant inverter speed timing method and apparatus for duplex sheets in a tandem printer

US6608988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 2001
Grant dateAug 19, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00021
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for duplex imaging in a tandem print engine system. The features of the disclosed embodiments include imaging a first side of a sheet in a first marking module in the system, inverting the sheet, and imaging a second side of the sheet in a second marking module in the system one pitch after N revolutions of a photoreceptor following the first side imaging.

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