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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1991
Orville C Rodenberg, Rochester, NY (US);
George R Walgrove, III, Rochester, NY (US);
David L Dunaway, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An electrostatographic copier/printer has an image member with at least one portion which can selectively be imaged to receive an electrostatic image to be toned. A toning station is operable to bring the developer into contact with the image member portion so as to produce a toner image according to the electrostatic image if the portion has been imaged and to leave a small amount of background toner uniformly deposited if the image member portion has not been imaged. The background toner on the non-imaged portion serves to assist subsequent detack operation. A plurality of different color toning stations may be provided, and, if so, the black toner toning station is preferably used to leave the background toner.