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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1997
Lam F Wong, Fairport, NY (US);
David C Craig, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method adjusting variations in toner concentration in a printing machine by first determining a pixel count of documents to be imaged. The system then provides two test targets on the imaging surface in the image area, one of the test targets having a relatively low reflectance and the other test target having a medium reflectance. The reflectance value of the test targets is sensed and the difference between the reflectance values is calculated and compared to a reference value to provide an error value. The system then to the error value and the pixel count of documents to be imaged to determine a time period of dispense for a toner dispenser.