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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guido Vital Desie, Herent, BE;
Hilbrand Leopold Van den Wijngaert, Grobbendonk, BE;
Jacques Victor Leonard, Antwerp, BE;
Peter Bourbon, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/415 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/415 ;
Abstract
A large format single pass printer, having a printing width (PW) for printing a toner image on a substrate, the substrate having a width (WS) and a length (LS), comprising a printhead structure with an array of printing apertures, with length, L,, and control electrodes associated therewith, a charged toner conveyer, CTC, with a length, L,≧L,and a number n, equal to or larger than 2, of toner applicators with width PWE,<L,for applying charged toner particles to said CTC, said number n being chosen such that