Xerox Corporation

David A Hughes

Michael B Monahan

Orlando J Lacayo

Disclosed are image processing methods and systems to control the synchronization of two or more photoreceptor belts associated with an image processing system. According to one exemplary method, the phase error of a slave printing engine photoreceptor belt is controlled by modifying the speed of the slave printing engine photoreceptor belt by an increment which is a function of a predetermined image on image registration tolerance associated with the slave printing engine. Notable, the phase error is controlled while the slave printing engine develops an image on its respective photoreceptor belt.

Methods, systems and apparatus for synchronizing two photoreceptors without effecting image on image quality

A constant torque split is maintained between a pair of drive motors for the photoreceptor belt of an electrophotographic printing machine. By varying the voltage applied to the motors according to the speed of the photoreceptor belt, the torque applied by each motor can be continuously balanced at a predetermined relationship to apply a constant torque and the desired speed may be accurately maintained. To better refine the implementation, the relationship include a ratio and an offset which may be applied, to one of the motors. Furthermore, this offset is ramped up during motor acceleration to optimize motion quality and system performance.

Dual drive torque split technique

A system and method for controlling the imaging device in a single pass multi color electrophotographic printing machine, includes a photoconductive member defining a timing aperture, the member moving along a path in a printing machine and a plurality of imaging devices, each one of the plurality of imaging devices writing a latent image on the photoconductive member. The system further includes a sensor, located adjacent the photoconductive member, to sense the aperture in the photoconductive member as it passes the sensor and generate a signal indicative thereof and a control device, which generates a timing signal for each of the plurality of imaging devices as a function of the signal generated by the sensor and a plurality of predetermined parameters.

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David A Hughes