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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
May. 17, 1978
Tsutomu Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Iwaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A method whereby a large number of copies can be produced from a single electrostatic latent image formed on one of a dielectric member, an insulating member or photoconductive member by developing and printing the image by transfer printing in successive operations. The absolute value of a bias voltage impressed on the developing device in developing the electrostatic latent image is gradually reduced until the number of copies produced reaches a specific level, and then progressively increased as the number of copies produced increases for producing copies in numbers which exceed the specific level, whereby copies of a number greater than the number of the specific level can be produced from the same electrostatic latent image.