Xerox Corporation

Palo Alto Research Center Inc.

Shu Chang

John F Knapp

Santokh Singh Badesha

Meng H Lean

Donald S Sypula

Lawrence Floyd, Jr

Anthony Salvatore Condello

Joseph C Mammino

Edward L Schlueter, Jr

Dale Robert Mashtare

Grace T Brewington

Henry R Till

Richard W Seyfried

Paul Windsor Morehouse, Jr

Laurence J Lynd

Nancy Beth Goodman

Stephen T Chai

Robert E Trott

Terry D Seim

Paul J McConville

Karen Ann Moffat

Jason Mathew LeFevre

Howard A Mizes

Palghat Srinivas Ramesh

David H Pan

Patrick Yasuo Maeda

William G Herbert

Armin R Volkel

Karl Anthony Littau

Gerald M Fletcher

Gerald A Domoto

Jordan H Wosnick

Jeng Ping Lu

Daniel Lynn Larner

Fritz F Ebner

Jing Zhou

Weizhong Zhao

Daniel M Bray

Baomin Xu

David G Duff

Donald M Bott

John L Pawlak

Constance J Thornton

Rachael L McGrath

Rasin Moser

Michael L Grande

Fa-Gung Fan

Robert S Karz

John Gary Shaw

Christine J Tarnawskyj

Edward B Caruthers, Jr

Michael A Parisi

Stewart W Volkers

John Chinnici

Jacqueline Yvonne Tyson

Anne-Claire K Markle

Theodore C Ludwig

Scott W Wolff

An exemplary method of printing medications on digestible substrates is described. Single component nonmagnetic toners with active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) embedded or 'dissolved' in the toner are used. The binders for the toner are digestible. The 'printing' process includes loading the single component non-magnetic toners from a sump to a donor roll and developing them either directly onto the substrate or through the use of an intermediate member. Traditional xerographic charge and exposure can be used to make the tablet 'imprints'. Dosage is controlled through &#x201c;solid area&#x201d; or halftone development (when charge and exposure are used). The &#x201c;printed&#x201d; first layer may undergo cold or warm pressure fusing. This medicament layer is then subjected to another station to &#x201c;print&#x201d; a second layer of medical &#x201c;tablet&#x201d;. Multiple stations may be used to build up a complete personalized tablet. Optionally, a final station prints protective overcoat materials to finalize the &#x201c;tablet&#x201d;.

Method and system for printing personalized medication

A system, method and device for automated association of a device and a power meter. For example, the method includes determining a power profile for a power meter, determining device-specific power information for each of a plurality of devices, comparing the device-specific power information for each of the plurality of devices against the power profile for the power meter, determining, based upon the comparing, which of the plurality of devices is associated with the power meter, and recording the power meter and its associated device in a network management record. The techniques may be extended to include associating multiple multifunction print devices to one of a plurality of power meters based upon power log and job arrival information for the print devices as compared to power profile information from the power meters, thereby providing for automated associated of the devices and the power meters without unnecessary human interaction.

Method and system for automated association of devices with electricity meters

In some aspects of the present application, a method of forming one or more layers of at least a portion of a drug delivery device (DDD) is described. The method can include providing a substrate; providing one or more DDD components that are dissolved or dispersed in one or more pharmaceutically compatible phase change inks; ejecting, by one or more nozzles, a first portion of the one or more pharmaceutically compatible phase change inks to form a first layer on the substrate; and ejecting, by the one or more nozzles, a second portion of the pharmaceutically compatible phase change inks to form a second layer over the first layer.

Direct inkjet fabrication of drug delivery devices

Fixing systems, printing apparatuses and methods for fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing systems includes a pre-heating device for pre-heating a substrate and marking material disposed on a surface of the substrate; a fixing device disposed downstream from the pre-heating device, the fixing device including fixing members which oppose each other and form a fixing nip; and a first thermal energy source for heating at least one of the fixing members; wherein the fixing members apply pressure and thermal energy to the pre-heated substrate and marking material at the fixing nip to fix the toner to the substrate; and a conditioning device positioned (a) upstream from the pre-heating device, (b) between the pre-heating device and the fixing device, or (c) downstream from the fixing device. The conditioning device includes conditioning members which oppose each other and form a conditioning nip. The conditioning device does not include a thermal energy source that actively heats the conditioning members.

Fixing systems including image conditioner and image pre-heater and methods of fixing marking material to substrates

Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of fixing marking materials on media in apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses useful in printing includes a first fixing device disposed along a first media path. The first fixing device includes a first fixing member including a first surface and a second fixing member including a second surface which forms a first nip with the first surface. The first fixing device does not include a thermal energy source that actively heats the first surface or the second surface and the first fixing device is adapted to apply pressure to a medium received at the first nip. A second fixing device is disposed along a second media path. The second fixing device includes at least one thermal energy source adapted to supply thermal energy to actively heat the medium at the second fixing device. A controller is configured to selectively route the medium to the first fixing device or to the second fixing device.

Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of fixing marking materials on media

An optically based transport system and method for transporting particles across a virtual electrode array are disclosed. The system comprises a photoconductor layer where optically induced electrodes are projected thereon through sequential light images in a traveling wave grid pattern in order to transport particles across the virtual electrode array with a traveling wave.

Optoelectronic patterned transient electrodes for particulate manipulation

An improved method and system for non-contact powder image development are provided. The present technique implements a 5-stage jumping development cycle where the initial stage is a momentary over-voltage condition to release the majority of the toner on a donor substrate and the final stage includes the implementation of a decelerating potential to minimize return impact on the donor and therefore toner abuse. It also uses a routine to directly determine improved (e.g. up to optimal) waveform amplitudes and pulse widths based on toner size and q/m, guided by physical insight.

Method and system for non-contact powder image development

Multi-stage fixing systems for fixing toner to a substrate, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the multi-stage fixing systems includes a softening device for softening toner applied to a substrate by a marking device; and a fixing device for fixing the softened toner to the substrate. The fixing device includes a first fixing member including a first surface; a first thermal energy source for actively heating the first surface; and a second fixing member including a second surface, the first surface and the second surface form a fixing nip at which the substrate with softened toner is received. The first fixing member and the second fixing member are operable to apply heat and pressure to the substrate and softened toner received at the fixing nip to fix the toner to the substrate.

Multi-stage fixing systems, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to substrates

A system for fixing an image on a piece of media is provided. The system has a first enclosure having an image forming section for forming the image on the piece of media and a pressure fixing section that does not include a thermal energy source for fixing the image to the piece of media. The pressure fixing section has a first rotating member, a second rotating member located proximate the first member such that a gap exists between the first member and the second member, the gap being for receiving the piece of media, and a force applying device that applies force to at least one of the first member and the second member to apply pressure to the piece of media such that the image is fixed to the piece of media by the pressure. The apparatus also has a second enclosure having a fixing section that includes a thermal energy source for further fixing the image to the piece of media after the image has been fixed to the media by the pressure fixing section.

Imaging system with pressure fixing and separate thermal fixing of marking materials on media

A marking apparatus including a traveling wave grid toner transport circuit structure for transporting powdered toner along a transport surface, and electromechanical elements for selectively enabling toner patches to be projected to an output medium by a projecting electric field.

Powdered toner direct marking apparatus

A marking apparatus including a traveling wave grid toner transport circuit structure for transporting powdered toner along a transport surface, and electric field concentrating elements for selectively enabling toner patches to be projected to an output medium by a projecting electric field.

Direct marking apparatus for selectively providing powdered toner patches

A driven coupling includes three separate cam lobes projecting therefrom that mate with mating female features in a driver coupling. A central straight or tapered bore accepts a conical alignment pin that projects from the driver coupling. Since the cam lobes are independent and are able to radically deflect, under torque load the central bore is closed down to create a highly precise alignment.

Coupling apparatus

A system and method of determining a residual toner mass on a receiving member includes providing one or more test patterns to the receiving member, transferring the test patterns from the receiving member to a transfer medium, determining a sensor signal obtained after transfer, processing the sensor signal obtained after transfer and determining an amount of residual toner mass based on the processed sensor signal. A xerographic marking device also includes a receiving member, an array-type optical sensor or a point optical sensor arranged on the receiving member, and a controller that generates one or more test patterns, transfers the test patterns to a transfer medium, determines a sensor signal obtained after the transfer by the optical sensors, processes the determined sensor signal, and determines an amount of residual toner mass based on the processed sensor signal.

Method and apparatus for controlling non-uniform banding and residual toner density using feedback control

A system includes at least one movable image bearing member transporting a latent image in an electrophotographic printing system. A developer station associated with the at least one image bearing member deposits a developed image on the latent image. The developed image includes toner particles and carrier liquid. A transfer station associated with the at least one image bearing member transfers the developed image to a receiving medium. A liquid removal station disposed between the developer station and the transfer station includes a source of high fluid pressure emitting an open-air jet of fluid for directly and/or indirectly removing at least a portion of the carrier liquid from the developed image.

System and method for high solids image conditioning of liquid ink images utilizing a source of high fluid pressure to configured to emit a jet of fluid

A transfer member having a porous substrate, and a release agent material associated therewith, are discussed.

Porous transfer members and release agent associated therewith

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Shu Chang