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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Anthony S. Condello, Webster, NY (US);
Jack T. Lestrange, Macedon, NY (US);
Joseph C. Sheflin, Macedon, NY (US);
Brian M. Balthasar, N. Tonawanda, NY (US);
Palghat S. Ramesh, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An optical gloss meter above an imaging member surface measures fountain solution surface gloss on the imaging member surface in real-time during a printing operation. The measured gloss corresponds to a thickness of the fountain solution layer and may be used in a feedback loop to actively control fountain solution layer thickness by adjusting the volumetric feed rate of fountain solution added onto the imaging member surface during a printing operation to reach a desired uniform thickness for the printing. This fountain solution monitoring system may be fully automated.