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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1998
David L Thompson, W. Henrietta, NY (US);
Thomas N Tombs, Brockport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
In a reproduction method and apparatus, a marking particle image is formed on an image-supporting member. A moving web supports a receiver member to advance the receiver member into a nip defined between the image-supporting member and a transfer roller. The web is in the nip during transfer so that the receiver member is between the web and the image-supporting member. An electrical transfer field is established in the nip for electrostatically transferring the marking particle image to the receiver member. A support roller presses against a portion of a roller surface of the transfer roller that does not form the nip to reduce bending of a portion of the rolling surface of the transfer roller that is associated with the nip.