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Printing apparatus and method

US7826770B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

Joseph M. Wing · Ontario, US
Brian R. Conrow · Webster, US
Robert E. Hildebrand · Webster, US
Brian J. Perry · New York, US
Alan G. Schlageter · Ontario, US
Shawn Updegraff · Fairport, US
Moritz P. Wagner · Walworth, US
R. Enrique Viturro · Rochester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 2007
Grant date	Nov 2, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G15/5062
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a printing apparatus and method to correct for image non-uniformities. The printing apparatus comprises a photoreceptor (P/R) belt charging device positioned to charge the P/R belt after an image is transferred to a media sheet. Subsequently, an image sensing device scans the P/R belt residual image or patches to detect image non-uniformities.

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