Abstract: A method of coating a fuser member with a polymeric sheet is disclosed. Initially, the fuser member is placed in a substantially perpendicular position with respect to the polymeric sheet. The polymeric sheet is then wrapped around the fuser member such that the sheet first comes into contact with an end of the fuser member and is wrapped along the length of the fuser member from one end to the other to form a continuous layer over the fuser member. Last, the wrapped polymeric sheet is sintered to the fuser member to form a seamless coated polymer layer.

Abstract: An image processing method and system for mitigating the effects of show-through in scanning multiple two-sided documents during book scanning applications in a scanning system. With the disclosed system and method: a scanned first side image P is derived from a first side image A of a duplexed document and a scanned second side image Q is derived from a second side image B of the duplexed document, where at least first side image P includes a component attributable to show-through from said second side of said document, and storing images P and Q; a scanned first side image R is then derived from a first side image C of a subsequent duplexed document and a scanned second side image S is derived from a second side image D of said subsequent duplexed document, and at least the first side image R included a component attributable to show-through from the second side of the subsequent document.

Abstract: A print processor is disclosed which comprises: an input unit for inputting print data including at least either texts or graphics and described in predetermined drawing instructions; an image output unit for outputting images based on data having a predetermined data structure; an intermediate data generating unit for generating intermediate data from the print data, the intermediate data being expressed in a format which is higher in abstract terms than the data structure and which includes at least one basic graphic; an rasterizing process unit for rasterizing the intermediate data into the data structure and for supplying the image output unit with the intermediate data thus rasterized; a determining unit for determining a number and a size of the basic graphics constituting the intermediate data generated by the intermediate data generating unit; an rasterizing time predicting unit for predicting the time it takes the rasterizing process unit to rasterize the intermediate data on the basis of the number

Abstract: Provided is an image-forming method including a step of forming a layer of a developer on a surface of a developer support member disposed facing a latent image support member, a developing step of developing an electrostatic latent image on the latent image support member using the layer of the developer formed to obtain a toner image, a transferring step of transferring the toner image onto a transfer material and a fixing step of fixing the transferred toner image, wherein the developer support member has therein a development magnetic pole in which a magnetic force of a main pole is 100 mT or more, said developer having a toner and a carrier which has a volume average particle diameter of 50 .mu.m or less, and image formation method is conducted at a process speed of 200 mm/sec or more.

Abstract: A system for increasing the life of flexible photoreceptor belt in a copier/printer includes tensioning and de-tensioning the photoreceptor belt. The photoreceptor belt is de-tensioned at the end of daily use, on weekends, and on non working days in order to reduce belt dimensional elongation due to creep which thereby suppresses the development of charge transport layer cracking in the photoreceptor belt and increases belt service life of the photoreceptor by a factor of about 2.times..

Abstract: A method of forming magnetized rotating elements for a rotating element display where all the elements are magnetized in the same orientation is provided. First, at least two planar streams of hardenable liquids flowing in substantially the same direction are provided. Each stream has an associated optical modulation characteristic and at least one stream has an associated optical modulation characteristic different from at least one other stream. At least one stream includes a magnetic pigment. The streams are then merged to form a reservoir containing side-by-side amounts of each liquid from each stream. A free jet is then formed containing side-by-side amounts of each liquid from the reservoir. Then a portion of the free jet is passed through a magnetic field which is oriented transverse to the direction of the free jet to magnetize the magnetic pigment. The rotating elements formed can be either spherical in shape or cylindrical in shape.

Abstract: An ink composition comprised of (1) a mixture comprised of a salt and an oxyalkylene compound wherein the conductive mixture possesses a melting point of from about 60.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C.; (2) an ink vehicle compound with a melting point of from about 80.degree. C. to about 100.degree. C.; (3) a viscosity modifying amide compound; (4) a lightfastness component; (5) a lightfastness antioxidant; and (6) a colorant.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided to suppress a separation discharge effectively at a sheet separation time thereby to effectively prevent the disturbance of a toner image on a sheet, as might otherwise be caused due to the separation discharge. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier for carrying a toner image, a conveyance/transfer unit including at least a sheet conveyor for holding and conveying, for transferring the toner image on the image carrier electrostatically to the sheet, and a sheet separation aiding unit for aiding the action of separating the sheet from the sheet conveyor. The sheet separation aiding unit includes a discharge electrode member arranged downstream of a sheet separating portion of the sheet conveyor and at a position capable of discharging between itself and the sheet conveyor, and a bias applying unit for discharging between the discharge electrode member and the sheet conveyor.

Abstract: A coated transparency comprised of a substrate with four hydrophilic coating layers, two coating layers on the front side of the substrate and two coating layers on the reverse side of the substrate, wherein said front side coatings are comprised of an antistatic hydrophilic layer in contact with the substrate comprised of a blend of (1) a hydrophilic binder, (2) a water soluble acid salt, (3) a cationic component, and (4) a biocide, and the second coating situated on top of the first coating is comprised of (1) a binder formed from a latex, (2) a toner wetting agent, (3) a lightfast UV absorber, (4) a lightfast antioxidant, and (5) a lightfast antiozonant compound; and wherein said two coatings in contact with the reverse side of the substrate are comprised of a third hydrophilic antistatic luminescent coating comprised of a blend of (1) a hydrophilic binder, (2) a water soluble acid salt, (3) a cationic component (4) a luminescent component and (5) a biocide, and the fourth coating situated on top of the th

Abstract: A process for recovery of N,N'-bis(alkylphenyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diamine from an electrophotographic imaging member, the process includingproviding an electrophotographic imaging member including at least one imaging layer, the imaging layer including a film forming binder and N,N'-bis(alkylphenyl)[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diamine,contacting the at least one imaging layer with warm toluene to dissolve toluene soluble materials including the film forming binder and N,N'-bis(alkylphenyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diamine to form a mixture containing undissolved material and a solution of toluene and the toluene soluble materials,isolating the solution from the undissolved material,concentrating the solution in a partial vacuum and with applied heat,cooling the concentrate,mixing the concentrate with acetone to precipitate the N,N'-bis(alkylphenyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diamine,separating the N,N'-bis(alkylphenyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diamine precipitate from the concentrate,washing the N,N'-bis(alkylphenyl)-[1,1'-biph

Abstract: An image forming method including developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image carrier with a toner containing colored particles comprised of at least a binder resin and a coloring agent to form a toner image, transferring the toner image to a transfer material to form a transferred image, and fixing the transferred image on the transfer material, wherein the toner is made up of at least a binder resin and colored particles containing a coloring agent, the volume mean particle size of the colored particles is from 2.0 to 5.0 .mu.m, the colored particles of 1.0 .mu.m or smaller are 20 number % or lower, and the colored particles of 5.0 .mu.m or larger are 10 number % or lower. The image forming method has a high reproducibility of fine lines and forms an image of a high quality without forming uneven gloss in the image and between the image area and the non-image area and without causing problems such as offset and paper clogging.

Abstract: A method is presented for determining whether to prefetch and cache documents on a computer. In one embodiment, documents are prefetched and cached on a client computer from servers located on the Internet in accordance with their computed need probability. Those document with a higher need probability are prefetched and cached before documents with lower need probabilities. The need probability for a document is computed using both a document context factor and a document history factor. The context factor of the need probability of a document is determined by computing the correlation between words in the document and a context Q of the operating environment. The history factor of the need probability of a document is determined by integrating both the recency of document use and the frequency of document use.

Abstract: A scheduling system determines the order of specific operations in a printing apparatus which is capable of outputting simplex or duplex prints. If the actuation of a module associated with the apparatus, such as stapling or switching paper supplies, requires a delay in the operation of the apparatus, this delay is entered as at least one deliberately blank pitch in the schedule. The scheduling system creates a special finite state machine which can take into account delays of arbitrary length caused by the actuation of one or more modules.

Abstract: A developer for replenishment for use in a developing system in which a latent image on a latent image holding member is developed with a developing unit containing a two-component developer comprising a toner and a carrier while replenishing the developer with a developer for replenishment, the developer for replenishment comprising a carrier and from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a toner per 1 part by weight of the carrier, and the developer for replenishment having an electrical resistance substantially equal to that of the carrier previously contained in the developing unit, but giving a larger charge quantity to the toner than the carrier previously contained in the developing unit does. Also disclosed is a developing method using the developer for replenishment.

Abstract: A toner composed of binder resin and carbon black particles has a volume-average particle diameter (D.sub.50) of 2.0 to 9.0 microns and a volume-average particle size distribution index (GSDv) of 1.25 or less. Carbon black particles adhering to the surfaces of toner particles have an absorption of 0.250 or less for ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength of 600 nm. Disclosed also are a method for producing the toner, a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image and a method in which the developer is used for forming animage.

Abstract: A conductive ink composition comprised of (1) an acid salt; (2) a conductive quaternary compound; (3) a viscosity modifying compound; (4) a lightfastness component; (5) a lightfastness antioxidant; and (6) a colorant.

Abstract: A double-sided image formation system comprises two image formation sections wherein images are supported and transported on image support transporters, for transferring the images on the image support transporters to both sides of a recording medium and forming the images thereon, density sensing means (color sensing means), when sensing the image density (color) in one image formation section, for sensing the density (color) of the image transferred from one image formation section to the image support transporter in the other image formation section, and density adjustment means (color adjustment means) for matching the image density (color) in one image formation section with that in the other.

Abstract: A process for fabricating an electrophotographic imaging member includingforming a charge generating layer,forming an undried charge transport layer coating by applying to the charge generating layer a solution selected from either or both the group consisting ofa solution including a charge transport molecule, a first film forming binder and at least a first solvent anda solution including a charge transporting polymer and at least a first solvent,forming an undried overcoat layer coating by applying to the undried charge transport layer coating an overcoat layer coating solution including a second film forming polymer and at least a second solvent, the charge transport molecule and first film forming polymer or either or both a charge transporting polymer being substantially insoluble in the second solvent and the second polymer being substantially insoluble in the first solvent,applying heat to both the undried charge transport layer coating and the undried overcoat layer coating to migrate the first solve

Abstract: The present invention is a method for the color correction of digital images that have been compressed. In a preferred embodiment, aspects of the color correction are carried out on the compressed image data to improve computational efficiency. One of a number of alternative methods is employed to accomplish the color correction on lossy or losslessly compressed images. The color transformation process accomplishes color correction on compressed image data in conjunction with compression or decompression operations. A second, simplified phase of the color correction may be applied subsequently to the decompressed image data in certain embodiments.

Abstract: In an electrostatographic imaging apparatus employing at least one charging device, scorotron which consists of one or more fine wires supported on insulated blocks spaced between the photoconductive surface and a conductive or insulative surface parallel to it. A screen or grid is interposed between the corona wires and the photoconductive surface and the grid is maintained at a potential roughly equal to the potential desired on the photoconductive surface. The scorotrons geometry, the individual wires are from 1/2 to 11/2 inches apart and are spaced from the grid by about 3/4 of an inch. Field enhancement electrode(s) are placed on the screen and are biased at the same potential as the screen. The field enhancement electrode(s) enhance electrical performance.