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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Delmer G. Parker, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael M. Shahin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for creating quality pictorial color images include a charging device for uniformly charging a photoconductive member of a first tri-level xerographic module to a predetermined voltage level; using a controller and a ROS device for creating tri-level latent electrostatic images including CAD image areas and DAD image areas having different voltage levels respectively; developing the CAD image areas and the DAD image areas with yellow (Y) and a first black (K,) marking materials respectively to form a first composite color separation image of a desired final pictorial image; transferring the first composite color separation image onto an intermediate transfer member; similarly forming and developing a second composite color separation image on a second tri-level xerographic module using Magenta (M) and a second black (K,) marking material; transferring the second composite color separation image, in registration with the first composite color separation image, onto the intermediate transfer member such that yellow Y and the second black K,are superimposable; similarly forming and developing a third composite color separation image on a third tri-level xerographic module using Cyan (C) and an optional color (X,); transferring the third composite color separation image in registration with the first and the second composite color separation images, onto the intermediate transfer member to form a desired final pictorial image including desired color superimpositions; and transferring the desired final pictorial image at a substrate transfer station onto a substrate for fusing.