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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Peter a Crean, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael R Furst, Penfield, NY (US);
Peter A Crean, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael R Furst, Penfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A hybrid single pass, multi-pass full color printing system is provided and includes (a) a moveable intermediate transfer belt (ITB) mounted within a machine frame and having a path of movement; (b) a plurality of single pass image output modules mounted along the path of movement, each having imaging devices including an image carrying member and a single developer housing containing a single color developer for forming an image in a single pass on the image carrying member for transfer onto the ITB; and (c) at least one single pass, multi-pass image output module mounted along the path of movement and having imaging devices including an image bearing member and a plural number of selectable developer housings, and each of the selectable developer housings containing a single spot color developer for forming spot color images in single passes and in multiple passes on the image bearing member for transfer onto the ITB.