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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher Michael Bennett, Paris, KY (US);
Matthew David Heid, Louisville, KY (US);
Gina Marie Johns, Georgetown, KY (US);
Michael Craig Leemhuis, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Christopher David Strack, Lexington, KY (US);
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
An imaging device has first image transfer from photoconductive drums to an intermediate transfer member (ITM) and second image transfer from the ITM to media. Transfer rolls oppose the drums from an opposite side of the ITM and electrically ground to a frame of the imaging device by mechanical connection. The rolls may be laterally offset from the drums. The ITM has relatively low surface and volume resistivity. An imaging subassembly may include the frame, the ITM, and the transfer rolls grounded to the frame.