摘要 |
<p>A color electrophotographic printing machine (8) which uses 5 cycles of a photoreceptor (10) to produce a color image. In the first cycle, the photoreceptor is erased (18), charged (20,22), exposed (24,26) to create a first electrostatic latent representation, and developed (E) with a first color of toner (30). In the second cycle, the photoreceptor is recharged (20,22) using a split recharging scheme, exposed (24,26) to light to create a second electrostatic latent representation, and developed (F) with a second color of toner (32). In the third cycle the photoreceptor is recharged (20,22) using a split recharging scheme, exposed (24,26) to create a third latent representation, and developed (G) using a third color of toner (34). In the fourth cycle, the photoreceptor is recharged (20,22) using a split recharging scheme, exposed (24,26) to create a fourth latent representation, and developed (H) with a fourth color of toner (36). In the fifth cycle, the photoreceptor and the four toner layers are exposed to a pretransfer erase lamp (18), charged (20) to assist in transfer, transferred onto a substrate (38) using a corona generating device (22). The substrate is separated from the photoreceptor and passed through a fusing station (42,44). Meanwhile the photoreceptor is cleaned (48) in preparation for printing another image. <IMAGE></p> |