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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1997
Hilbrand Van den Wijngaert, Grobbendonk, BE;
Jacques Leonard, Antwerpen, BE;
Guido Desie, Herent, BE;
Serge Tavernier, Lint, BE;
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
A printer, with printing width (PW) of at least 30 cm printing a toner image on a large substrate, having a width (WS) and a length (LS), including a latent image bearing member having a width (WLI) equal to or larger than the printing width and at least two means for delivering toner are arranged in a staggered configuration around the latent image bearing member and each having a width (WTD) smaller than the width (WLI) of the latent image bearing member. Preferably the latent image bearing member is a photoconductive member. A printer with a shuttle having a swath width of at least 30 cm is also disclosed.