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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Kenneth J. Brown, Penfield, NY (US);
Amy J. Deyaeger, Rochester, NY (US);
David E. Hockey, Brockport, NY (US);
Thomas N. Tombs, Brockport, NY (US);
Diane M. Herrick, Rochester, NY (US);
David M. Rakov, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth J. Brown, Penfield, NY (US);
Amy J. Deyaeger, Rochester, NY (US);
David E. Hockey, Brockport, NY (US);
Thomas N. Tombs, Brockport, NY (US);
Diane M. Herrick, Rochester, NY (US);
David M. Rakov, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
In order to prevent an imaging forming process of an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus from becoming contaminated with fuser release oil, a substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles from a development subsystem of the image forming process is deposited onto a photoconductive member of the image forming process during any non-imaging cycles of the process, including cycle down, non-imaging skip frames, or recovery from a receiver jam. The substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles acts as a barrier to block fuser release oil from the photoconductive member and as a vehicle to carry away contaminating fuser release oil.