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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Johnathan Lee Barnes, Richmond, KY (US);
Jeannette Quinn Bracken, Paris, KY (US);
Sudha Chopra, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeremy Lavern Daum, Lexington, KY (US);
Gerald Lee Fish, Lexington, KY (US);
Bhaskar Gopalanarayanan, Lexington, KY (US);
Leea Danielle Haarz, Lexington, KY (US);
Ronald Lloyd Roe, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew Joe Russell, Stamping Ground, KY (US);
James Joseph Semler, Lexington, KY (US);
Todd Joseph Svoboda, Winchester, KY (US);
Johnathan Lee Barnes, Richmond, KY (US);
Jeannette Quinn Bracken, Paris, KY (US);
Sudha Chopra, Lexington, KY (US);
Jeremy Lavern Daum, Lexington, KY (US);
Gerald Lee Fish, Lexington, KY (US);
Bhaskar Gopalanarayanan, Lexington, KY (US);
Leea Danielle Haarz, Lexington, KY (US);
Ronald Lloyd Roe, Lexington, KY (US);
Matthew Joe Russell, Stamping Ground, KY (US);
James Joseph Semler, Lexington, KY (US);
Todd Joseph Svoboda, Winchester, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to controlling a performance characteristic of an image forming device component having a surface which may include removal of a portion of the surface to expose a plurality of voids and a surface between the voids. The surface between the voids may have a surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 microns and the relationship SA/(SA+SA) is equal to 1-50%, where SAis the surface area of the voids and SAis the remaining surface area of the component. The performance characteristic may include the control of toner mass conveyed and/or toner filming and/or the amount of residual toner removed from a photoconductive surface.