Abstract: A lightweight collapsible printer case for use with portable computers having two telescoping case sections, the case containing a series of telescoping roller shafts, a metal tape platen and carriage tracks which are housed within a tape reel, and a reel mechanism for coiling a carriage positioning cable. The collapsible printer case can be expanded from a collapsed travel/storage mode to an operational mode. In the operational mode the printer can print characters or graphics onto a standard 8.5" width sheet of paper or other media.

Abstract: A latent image is electrographically generated onto a dielectric record member from an energized electrode in close proximity with the dielectric layer of the member, and which image, if desired, may be readily developed and fixed. The system is particularly characterized in that the dielectric record member is a clear transparent, flexible film, which is made up of a resin film base, a conductive layer on the base, and a dielectric layer thereon. The dielectric layer has a thickness of about 1.4-10 micrometers. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the dielectrtic layer includes an anti-blocking material which enables the film member to be unrolled from a roll holder and transported at a controlled rate uniformly and rapidly across an energized electrode so that a sufficient amount of charge can be transferred from the electrode to the film to provide a high contrast image.

Abstract: An improved dielectric imaging member comprising a transparent dielectric substrate having a thickness of between about 75 - 175 micrometers, a conductive layer on said substrate and a dielectric material having a thickness of less than about 15 micrometers on said conductive layer. An imaging process is also provided comprising generating an electrostatic latent image on said dielectric imaging member and developing said image by contact with a developer material.