Xerox Corporation

David Ruff

Barry Daniel Reeves

Paul J McConville

Pinyen Lin

Trevor James Snyder

Kenneth Russell Ossman

Scott J Phillips

David Alan Vankouwenberg

Jignesh P Sheth

Mark Steven Taft

Cary Eric Sjolander

Sean W Harris

Katherine D Weston

Exemplary embodiments provide an aluminum image drum and method of its formation such that the aluminum image drum can have a surface texture to provide desirable surface oil consumption and high print quality for solid ink jet marking systems.

Materials and methods to produce desired image drum surface topography for solid ink jet

A printing device comprises a print head, imaging member, and a moveable sensor array. The print head is configured to deliver marking material to the imaging member as it moves in a process direction. The linear sensor array comprises a plurality of photo sensors configured to scan the imaging member. The photo detectors of the linear sensor array define a sensor axis that is substantially perpendicular to the process direction. The linear sensor array is configured to move along the sensor axis between a first position where the sensor array scans one portion of the imaging member and a second position where the sensor array scans another portion of the imaging member. If a fault is detected during calibration of the sensor array, the moveable sensor array may be used to determine whether the source of the fault rests with the imaging member or the sensor array.

Moveable sensor array and method of detecting location of calibration fault

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David Ruff