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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Wesley Brown, Winchester, KY (US);

Mark Edwin Kirtley Lund, Lexington, KY (US);

Steven Alan Seng, Lexington, KY (US);

Assignee:

LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/043 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0266 (2013.01); G03G 15/043 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device has a photoconductive drum with a surface that is charged and selectively discharged to create a latent electrostatic image of an image to-be-printed for attracting toner for transfer to a media. A memory of the imaging device stores energy density values for use by the laser beam that can be accessed by a controller according to a predetermined number of media imaged by the photoconductive drum. During imaging, the controller controls the laser beam based on the stored energy density values. The energy density of the laser beam is increased or decreased when the laser beam is scanned along the photoconductive drum.


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