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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Michael J. Martin, Hamlin, NY (US);
Robert M. Mara, Fairport, NY (US);
Richard L. Forbes, Ii, Pittsford, NY (US);
Charles A. Barbe, Iii, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph A. Mastrandrea, Webster, NY (US);
Michael J. Martin, Hamlin, NY (US);
Robert M. Mara, Fairport, NY (US);
Richard L. Forbes, II, Pittsford, NY (US);
Charles A. Barbe, III, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph A. Mastrandrea, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method controlling toner age in a developer housing including: recording a latent image in a predefined image frame on an imaging surface; and generating a purge patch in an unused portion of the predefined image frame. Other features include generating an inline purge signal to initiate generating of the purge patch; recording the purge patch includes scaling the purge patch to fit in the unused portion of the predefined image frame; activating or inactivating the generating of the purge patch based upon an amount of unused portion of the image frame.