公开(公告)号：EP1019787A1

公开(公告)日：2000-07-19

申请号：EP97904933.5

申请日：1997-03-04

申请人： Research Laboratories ofAustralia Pty Limited

发明人： POCKETT, John, David

IPC分类号： G03G15/05 ,  G03G13/05 ,  B41J2/41 ,  G03G15/32

CPC分类号： G03G15/321 ,  B41J2/41 ,  G03G11/00

摘要： A method for electronic printing onto a substrate (1) includes the steps of applying (6) a selected charge pattern to a surface of the substrate (1) to form an electrostatic latent image thereon, applying an electrostatic toner (1) to the surface by means of a donor member (8) to provide a toner image thereon and fixing (12) the toner. An apparatus for electronic printing is also disclosed. The substrate (1) is of a type which will support an electrostatic image on a surface thereof, and may be transparent, translucent, or opaque. The substrate (1) does not have a conductive ground plane affixed to or deposited on its rear surface. During the processing steps of the preferred embodiments, the substrate (1) is held to a conductive ground plane (3) by means of a vacuum system (2).