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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Douglas Anthony Able, Shelbyville, KY (US);

Michael Brian Bacalieri, Lexington, KY (US);

Andrew Gil Montaño Desabelle, Cebu, PH;

Gary Scott Overall, Lexington, KY (US);

Marvin Aliviado Rodriguez, Cebu, PH;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5041 (2013.01); G03G 15/556 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00067 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00616 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrophotographic imaging device having a method of printing which includes setting a default toner density for printing; developing a first toned image having the default toner density; printing the first toned image on a first page of a print job; and before printing a second page of a print job, determining whether a duty cycle state of a photoconductive member in the imaging device has changed, and upon a positive determination, developing a second toned image having a toner density derived from the default toner density and printing the second toned image on the second page.


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