Xerox Corporation

Jacob Mccarthy

Carlos Manuel Terrero

Christopher Douglas Atwood

Frank Berkelys Tamarez Gomez

Joseph M Ferrara, Jr

Roberto A Irizarry

Joseph Michael Ferrara

Joseph Frederick Casey

An ultra-high resolution capacitive sensor affixed above an imaging member surface measures the thickness of fountain solution on the imaging member surface in real-time during a printing operation. The sensor is considered ultra-high resolution with a resolution high enough to detect nanometer scale thicknesses. The capacitive sensor would initially be zeroed to the imaging member surface. As fluid is added, the capacitive sensor detects the increase and can measure and communicate with the image forming device to adjust fountain solution flow rate to the imaging member surface and correct for any anomalies in thickness. This fountain solution monitoring system may be fully automated. The capacitive sensor may have a resolution (e.g., as low as about 1 nm resolution) of about 0.001% of the distance/gap that the capacitive sensor is mounted away from the imaging member surface.

Method and device for controlling fountain solution thickness on an imaging surface using a capacitive proximity sensor

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