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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355208 ; 355246 ; 355261 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a novel dynamic developer bias control system adapted to determine an optimal developer bias during the processing of the lead edge of an input document. Loss of image density for images on the lead edge of a document is minimized by varying the developer bias relative to variations in an optical sensor voltage signal. In addition, background development in the body of the copy sheet is further prevented by maintaining a developer bias at an elevated level in response to a determination that the lamp voltage exceeds a maximum level and the optical sensor signal is less than a predetermined target value.