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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Francis M Paczkowski, Spencerport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An electrostatographic reproduction apparatus, utilizing an intermediate image transfer member to transfer marking particle images to a receiver member, including a mechanism for facilitating duplex copying. The mechanism for facilitating duplex copying has a prefuser in juxtaposition with a portion of a receiver member travel path, downstream of the intermediate transfer member. An inverter is provided for transporting a receiver member from the prefuser back to the intermediate transfer member in a side-for-side inverted orientation. A control selectively activates the prefuser for tacking a first side image to a receiver member, and diverts such receiver member into the inverter to be transported to the intermediate transfer member to have a second side image formed thereon.