Agfa Gevaert Nv

Agfa-gevaert

Paul Marksch

Serge M Tavernier

Paul J Coppens

Robert F Janssens

Dirk K Broddin

Werner J Op De Beeck

Danny Van Wunsel

Marc P Stevens

Mikolaas C De Jaeger

A method and device for printing a reproduction of an image by using toner particles, in which digital image data of at least two density separations of the image is obtained for forming at least two sub-images. The image data of a first sub-image of the sub-images is provided to a printing station containing toner particles with a particular chromaticity and a particular optical density. Then, the first toner particles are applied in an image-wise manner on an image receiving member for forming a first toner image in correspondence with the image data. Thereafter, on the same printing station and using second toner particles having a chromaticity substantially equal to the particular chromaticity and an optical density substantially equal to the particular optical density, the image data is again provided and the toner particles are again applied for bringing at least one second toner image, corresponding to a second sub-image, on the image receiving member in register with the first toner image.

Method for printing continuous tone images with high density resolution

According to the present invention magnetic carrier particles are provided for use in magnetic brush toner-carrier development of electrostatic charge patterns, said particles incorporating finely divided magnetic pigment particles dispersed in a resin binder, characterized in that said carrier particles comprise a mixture of magnetic pigment particles wherein a portion (A) of said pigment particles has a coercive force of more than 300 Oe and another portion (B) of said pigment particles has a coercive force of less than 300 Oe, the weight ratio of said portions (A) and (B) being in the range of 0.1 to 10.

Carrier composition for electrophotography

Electrophotographic method of obtaining lithographic printing plates comprising the following steps: (i) uniformly electrostatically charging a photoconductor element, (ii) image-wise discharging said photoconductor element, (iii) developing the resulting electrostatic charge pattern with dry toner particles of which more than 90% by volume have an equivalent particle size diameter less than 10 microns and more than 50% by volume have an equivalent particle size diameter less than 7 microns, (iv) electrostatically transferring the developed image to a toner receiving plate, said toner receiving plate comprising a plastic film support that is thermostable to a temperature of at least 140.degree. C. and a crosslinked hydrophilic layer thereon, said layer containing infrared absorbing substances in such an amount that the reflection density of said layer in the visible spectrum is between 0.4 and 1.4, and (v) fixing the transferred toner to said toner receiving plate by infrared radiation fusing.

Toner receiving printing plate

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Paul Marksch