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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1979
Lee R Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Jose L Herrera, Houston, TX (US);
John D Plumadore, Westfield, MA (US);
James River Graphics Inc., South Hadley, MA (US);
SIE Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An improved electrographic recording apparatus and method. An electrographic recording medium has a charge retaining front surface on which charge is distributed in a pattern representing a desired image to be recorded, and a field permeable conductive layer. While charge is being deposited on the charge retaining surface of the electrographic medium, a field is established and maintained behind the rear surface of the medium, said field penetrating the conductive layer and having a field strength on the charged side of the medium that opposes a field that causes charge to be deposited on the charge retaining surface of the medium. In another aspect of this invention, the recording apparatus has a toner application station that is located apart from the charge depositing means, and a second field, having the same polarity as the first field, is established and maintained behind the rear surface of the electrographic medium at the toner station.