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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);
Steven R. Moore, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jason M. Lefevre, Penfield, NY (US);
Paul J. McConville, Webster, NY (US);
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A switchable mirror system and method includes a laser imaging module including one or more lasers and one or more DMDs (Digital Micromirror Devices), and a switchable mirror component located in a path upstream from the DMD (or DMDs) to direct a laser from the DMD when there is pause in a printing operation facilitated by said laser imaging module. A non-mechanical and electronic switchable mirror is thus located in the laser path between an LDA (Laser Diode Array) and a DMD to divert energy out of the system and away from the DMD during periods of non-laser imaging without reducing or power down the laser system.