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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher Michael Bennett, Paris, KY (US);
Gerald Floyd Davis, Lexington, KY (US);
Kurt Daniel Lambert, Lexington, KY (US);
Niko Jay Murrell, Lexington, KY (US);
Julie Ann Gordon Whitney, Georgetown, KY (US);
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A device for transferring images from an image donating member to an image receiving medium comprises a substrate, at least two electrodes disposed on the substrate, and at least one layer of coating disposed on the substrate having an outer surface for forming a nip region with the image donating member. The at least two electrodes are controllable to produce an electric field and control a position thereof at the nip region to allow transfer of an image from the image donating member to the image receiving medium in an image transfer operation.