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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Gerald Fletcher, Pittsford, NY (US);
Joannes N. M. DE Jong, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, NY (US);
Gerald Fletcher, Pittsford, NY (US);
Joannes N. M. de Jong, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for adjusting an electrostatic field in a print zone of an inkjet printer. The printer includes an electrostatic tacking device to hold a sheet of recording media to a transport belt moving through the print zone for imaging with one or more inkjet printheads. A sensor determines the electrostatic field before the print zone and adjusts the electrostatic field with a corotron disposed after the tacking device and before the print zone. Reduction of the electrostatic field in the print zone can reduce imaging errors resulting from electrostatic fields.