Abstract: Apparatus and method for creating quality pictorial color images include a charging device for uniformly charging a photoconductive member of a first tri-level xerographic module to a predetermined voltage level; using a controller and a ROS device for creating tri-level latent electrostatic images including CAD image areas and DAD image areas having different voltage levels respectively; developing the CAD image areas and the DAD image areas with yellow (Y) and a first black (K1) marking materials respectively to form a first composite color separation image of a desired final pictorial image; transferring the first composite color separation image onto an intermediate transfer member; similarly forming and developing a second composite color separation image on a second tri-level xerographic module using Magenta (M) and a second black (K2) marking material; transferring the second composite color separation image, in registration with the first composite color separation image, onto the intermediate transfe

Abstract: Apparatus and method for creating highly registered quality pictorial color images include a first tri-level xerographic module using first and second color marking materials for creating and developing a first tri-level image including custom CAD and custom DAD image areas having different voltage levels respectively to form a first composite color separation image; a transfer station for transferring the first composite color separation image onto an intermediate transfer member; a second tri-level xerographic module using third and fourth color marking materials for similarly creating and developing a second tri-level image including custom CAD and custom DAD image areas having different voltage levels respectively to form a second composite color image; a transfer station for transferring the second composite color separation image, in registration onto the intermediate transfer member; a third tri-level xerographic module using fifth and sixth color marking materials for similarly creating and developing

Abstract: A method including:providing a facility with at least one controlled access electronic printing machine;printing original documents with the controlled access electronic printing machine, wherein printed images formed thereby arise from marking materials containing at least one photoactive additive;equipping all uncontrolled access reprographic devices within the facility with a secure illumination source capable of exposing an object document with sufficient intensity to activate the photoactive additive; andilluminating the object document with the secure illumination source of the uncontrolled access reprographic device, wherein the object documents having original document images printed thereon cannot be copied or scanned in a normal copy or scan illumination interval.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a server electrically connected to an image processing machine provides local data access and includes a monitor component, an analysis and prediction component to analyze data to track machine trends and predict machine subsytem and element faults, a diagnostic component capable of machine diagnostics at a higher level, components, and a communication component to provide a remote communication link. In a second embodiment, a first level of server modules are directly connected to given machines, a second level of server modules with trend analysis and diagnostic capability are connected to a network and associated with a set of machines on the network, and a third level of server modules are associated with a plurality of sets of machines on the network with the analysis and prediction components and diagnostic components providing trend data, fault prediction data, and machine corrective data for the plurality of sets of machines.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) providing a migration imaging member comprising (1) a substrate and (2) a softenable layer comprising a softenable material and a photosensitive migration marking material present in the softenable layer as a monolayer of particles situated at or near the surface of the softenable layer spaced from the substrate; (b) uniformly charging the imaging member; (3) imagewise exposing the charged imaging member to activating radiation at a wavelength to which the migration marking material is sensitive; (d) subsequent to step (c), causing the softenable material to soften and enabling a first portion of the migration marking material to migrate through the softenable material toward the substrate in an imagewise pattern while a second portion of the migration marking material remains substantially unmigrated within the softenable layer; and (e) contacting the second portion of the migration marking material with a transparentizing agent which transparentizes migration marki

Abstract: A process for charging layered imaging members by the transfer of ions thereto from an ionically conductive medium.

Abstract: A photoconductive imaging member comprised of a supporting substrate and thereover a charge transfer complex comprised of a polysilylene donor polymer and an electron acceptor.