Abstract: A coated paper and a method for creating gloss on an image, by (A) providing a substrate having a right reading toner image formed thereon using a nonphotographic imaging process; (B) providing a backing substrate having one surface thereof coated with four coatings in a layered structure where (1) a first coating in contact with the substrate is a release composition comprised of a release polymer and a monomeric release molecule, (2) a second coating on the top of the release coating is a scuff resistant, lightfast, waterfast transparent polymeric coating comprised of a hydrophobic binder, a lightfastness inducing agent, an antistatic agent, a flavor imparting material, and a filler, (3) a third adhesive coating on the top of the second coating comprising a polymeric adhesive binder having a glass transition temperature of between -50.degree. C. to about 55.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multisegmented ball for an electrical twisting ball display device, which is made up of spheroidal balls rotatably disposed in an elastomer substrate. The ball is composed of segments arrayed substantially parallel to one another, each segment being adjacent to at least one other segment and to no more than two other segments, adjacent segments being adjoined to one another at substantially planar interfaces. The method for fabricating the multisegmented spheroidal balls comprises the steps of first providing a multiplicity of liquid flows, each liquid flow having an associated flow rate, each liquid flow being a flow of a hardenable liquid material associated with an optical modulation characteristic. The multiplicity of flows are then merged into a combined liquid flow where each one of the plurality of liquid flows is joined to at least one other of the plurality of liquid flows at a planar interface.

Abstract: An image forming method is provided which is structured in such a way that a toner image carried to a transferring position by a toner image holding member for holding and carrying the toner image from a toner image forming position to the toner image transferring position is transferred to a predetermined recording medium. The image forming method includes carrying a toner image into close contact with a recording medium and transferring and fixing the toner image while heating the toner image. A recording medium is employed which has a thermoplastic transparent resin layer on at least a surface of a base thereof on which the toner image is transferred and the softening point (Tmp) of the transparent resin is in the range from 1.degree. C. to 30.degree. C. lower than the softening point (Tmt) of the toner.

Abstract: A media tray for storing a supply of media for use in a printing apparatus is provided. The media tray includes a body having a tray for storing the media, a cover and a handle. The cover includes a front face. The front face is opposed to the body. The cover has an opening. The cover is attached to a first end of the body. The handle is pivotably secured to the cover about a handle pivoting axis. The handle is positioned at least partially adjacent the opening of the cover. The handle is removably connectable with the printing apparatus. The handle pivoting axis is located outside the volume normal to the face whose cross sectional area is defined by the predetermined periphery of the cover at the front face.

Abstract: A photoreceptor fabrication method composed of spraying a honing composition including particulate material against a substrate in a particulate material spray distribution containing only one peak in a graph of the number of particulate material versus distance along the spray area to create a predetermined surface roughness.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of toner comprising mixing an emulsion latex, a colorant dispersion, and monocationic salt, and which mixture possesses an ionic strength of from about 0.001 molar (M) to about 5 molar, and optionally cooling.

Abstract: The compact document imager and display apparatus has a two-dimensional image sensor array, a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), and processing electronics. An illumination source can be added to illuminate the document on the sensor array and to provide backlight for the LCD. Color imaging may be achieved by providing three sequential illumination pulses of appropriate colors. A document is placed in close contact with the sensor array. The document is illuminated and an electronic image is captured and stored in the processing electronics. The captured image can be displayed on the LCD by the processing electronics. The document, such as a single sheet of paper or a transparency, can be illuminated by the room light to perform image capture. The compact document imager can be used as a facsimile machines by providing telephone connections. Documents can be scanned using the sensor array and sent to other devices. Documents can be received from other sources and displayed on the LCD.

Abstract: A device and method for controlling sheet moisture and cooling rate for reducing curl in sheets includes the steps of providing a fuser with the fuser being heated at a predetermined temperature; providing a moisturizer; positioning the moisturizer a predetermined distance downstream of the fuser as indicated in accordance with the predetermined temperature of the fuser; and controlling ambient relative humidity around the moisturizer.

Abstract: An electrostatographic imaging member comprisinga supporting substrate having an electrically conductive layer,at least one imaging layer,an anti-curl layer,an optional ground strip layer andan optional overcoating layer,the anti-curl layer includinga film forming polycarbonate binder,an optional adhesion promoter,a siloxane represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein x and y are independently selected integers between about 5 and about 500,n is a number between 0 and 10, ##STR2## wherein z is number between about 1 and about 30,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from alkylene groupscontaining from 1 to 10 carbon atoms,R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, andoptional dispersed particles selected from the group consisting of inorganic particles, organic particles, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus which transfers a developed image from a photoconductive member to a sheet. A sheet baffle guides an advancing sheet to the photoconductive member at the transfer station. The sheet baffle has an elongated axis extending in a transverse direction to the planer surface of the photoconductive member. A sensing unit, located prior to the transfer station, generates a signal indicative of the sheet basis weight. A regulator, responsive to the signal from the sensing unit, adjusts the position of the sheet baffle to position the elongated axis thereof at a selected angle relative to the planer surface of the photoconductive member. This angle is greater for a lightweight sheet than for a heavyweight sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus enhances the image in a high addressability printer by generating phase signals from a pulse width modulator and a programmable delay or buffer which are XORed with adjacent phase signals and combined with a corresponding data signal to form SET and RESET signals. The SET and RESET signals are used to form a phase and width modulated serial data signal.

Abstract: There is provided a network server which interfaces a client with selected database sites from a plurality of database sites. The network server comprises a meta-database (including both text information and multimedia information), a search agent, and a refining module. The search agent indexes the meta-database with a user query obtained from the client, and then distributes queries, developed pursuant to such indexing, to the selected ones of the plurality of database sites. In turn, database site information (responsive to the distributed queries) is retrieved from the selected ones of the plurality of database sites. A refining module is used to update the meta-database with the database relevancy information.

Abstract: A multifunction device, having a single printer and data access thereto for jobs generated at a connected computer and jobs received via a telephone or scanner or facsimile memory. In such a device, a user interface is provided facilitating a choice of contention schemes giving priority to job printing based on job type or source including: 1) no access to the printer; 2) computer-only access; 3) computer and facsimile scanner access. Where computer and facsimile access is selected, additional choices for contention are provided, including a) facsimile priority or b) computer priority. Where a job type denied access is received, it may be stored in device storage until such time as it is individually accessed or until the contention scheme is changed to allow favorable queuing of the job.

Abstract: A compact design for the electronic circuits to provide electrical contact to a SED roll of a segmented electrode development unit is provided. In this invention, the required high voltage and low voltage circuitry is placed on a printed flexible circuit which is folded and rolled into a cylindrical circuit to be connected to the SED roll. The flexible printed circuit has a plurality of output terminals each of which will be connected to one of the electrodes of the SED roll and a plurality of input terminals each of which will be connected to a terminal of a slip ring to receive the required electrical power.

Abstract: A printing system, for merging a scanned image with a merge image to produce a composite image, is provided. The printing system includes a memory for storing the merge image, in the form of a first set of image data, and a decompression device for decompressing the first set of image data. The printing system further includes a scanner, for reading a hard-copy page to generate a second set of image data, and a annotate/merge device, the annotate/merge device electronically merging the decompressed first set of image data with the second set of image data to produce the composite image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a document structure composing apparatus to judge a short part based upon the structure of the whole document, perform processing for complementation and compose document structure according to a desired document class. Complementation specification storage means stores the specification of complementation for document structure. Complementation means applies processing for complementation to pre-complemented document structure. Correlating rule storage means stores a rule for correlating components between different document classes. Document structure converting means converts an original document which meets the structural constraint of a specific document class to structure according to another document class according to the correlating rule. The original document is first converted from structure according to the specific document class to structure nearly according to a desired document class by the document structure converting means.

Abstract: A rotary development unit includes a support frame having a plurality of developers arranged in a radial pattern and places any one of the developers in a development position opposite to a photosensitive drum by rotation while retaining the developers; a plurality of toner supply containers attached to the support frame so as to become adjacent to the respective developers; toner supply channels which are disposed substantially in parallel with a rotary shaft of the support frame and connect the respective developers to the adjacent toner supply containers; and supply augers which convey fresh toner to the developers from the toner supply containers within the toner supply channels according to a given number of rotations. In the rotary development unit, when the supply auger is suspended and the support frame is rotated, the fresh toner filled in the toner supply channel is conveyed to the toner supply container from the developer.

Abstract: A method of automatically generating document extracts. The method makes use of feature value probabilities generated from a statistical analysis of manually generated summaries to extract the same set of sentences an expert might. The method is based upon an iterative approach. First, the computer system designates a sentence of the document as a selected sentence. Second, the computer system determine values for the selected sentence of each feature of a feature set. Third, the computer system increases a score for the selected sentence based upon the value of the feature for the selected sentence and upon the probability associated with that value. Fourth, after scoring all of the sentences of the document the computer system, the computer system selects a subset of the highest scoring sentences to be extracted.

Abstract: A fuser member having a) a substrate; and thereover b) an intermediate filled elastomeric layer with silicone rubber and an aluminum oxide in an amount of from about 0.05 to about 5 percent based on the total volume of the intermediate layer; having thereover c) a outer polymeric layer; having thereover d) an optional outer surfactant layer; and thereover e) an optional fluid release layer.

Abstract: A combination of an optically transmissive dielectric fluid having a first refractive index and an optically anisotropic particle rotatably disposed in the fluid is provided. The particle has at least one optically transmissive region having a second refractive index. The particle provides a first optical modulation characteristic when disposed in the fluid in a first orientation with respect to a flux of optical energy, and further provides a second optical modulation characteristic when disposed in the fluid in a second orientation with respect to a flux of optical energy. The particle has an anisotropy for providing an electrical dipole moment, the electrical dipole moment rendering the particle electrically responsive such that when the particle is rotatably disposed in an electric field while the electrical dipole moment of the particle is provided, the particle tends to rotate to an orientation in which the electrical dipole moment aligns with the field.