摘要:
A printing system accurately prints proprietary marks and selected colors. A dictionary of recognizable patterns and defined colors corresponding to the proprietary marks and selected colors is linked to a user interface wherein a user may designate a location within a document and at least one of the proprietary marks with defined colors from an accessible menu. A processor associates the defined colors with the image at the specified location and generates a printer signal representative thereof. Alternatively, the processor includes a pattern recognizer for identifying recognizable patterns within a document. The patterns have a likeness to defined patterns within a pattern dictionary and can be converted to the defined patterns for display or imaging.
摘要:
A method for classifying an image as one of color and neutral assigns respective values associated with a plurality of pixels in the image to a plurality of respective current pixels. Reduced image pixels are produced as a function of the current pixels. The image is classified as one of neutral and color as a function of the reduced image pixels.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for dispensing toner in an electrostatographic printer includes apparatus for agitating toner contained by a relatively large toner container (e.g., 10-25 liters in volume). The apparatus includes a substantially vertically-oriented shaft supporting a blade that operates, as the blade rotates, to drive the contained toner mass upwardly, thereby aerating the mass and preventing compaction during toner dispensing.
摘要:
A cleaning system for increasing the packing density of a cleaner sump that uses magnetic toner, by filling unused sump space. The cleaning system uses a magnetic force to attract the magnetic waste toner to the sump area not filled by gravity assistance alone. The magnetic force is created by a magnet. The magnet can be either internal to the sump or external thereto.
摘要:
An apparatus in which developer material comprising carrier granules and magnetic toner particles is transported closely adjacent to a latent image. The developer roller transporting the developer material is electrically biased. The electrical bias has a wave form that removes a substantially uniform distribution of magnetic toner particle sizes from the carrier granules and develops the latent image therewith.
摘要:
Development systems and methods for developing using chemically prepared toners are disclosed. The present invention further discloses developers used in development systems. The use of chemically prepared toners with hard magnetic carrier particles with a non-magnetic, cylindrical shell for transporting developers provides excellent benefits with respect to image quality by reducing granularity and by providing a typically constant, stable developer life as shown by the consistent level of charge to mass over time during operation.
摘要:
A method for classifying pixels into one of a neutral category and a non-neutral category inputs a group of pixels within an image into a memory device. A color of each of the pixels is represented by a respective color identifier. An average color identifier is determined as a function of the color identifiers of the pixels in the group. One of the pixels within the group are classified into one of the neutral category and the non-neutral category as a function of the average color identifier.
摘要:
In a scavengeless development apparatus, an electrode wire is disposed between a donor roll and a latent image to form a powder cloud of toner to develop the latent image. A magnet is disposed along the electrode wire, and low-frequency AC is passed through the electrode wire. The electromagnetic forces acting on the wire from the interaction of the AC with the magnetic field are adapted substantially to cancel mechanical vibration of the electrode wire.
摘要:
An apparatus in which an electrostatic latent image recorded on a photoconductive member is developed with toner. A donor roll, spaced from the photoconductive member, transports toner to a development zone adjacent the photoconductive member, an electrode member is positioned in the development zone between the photoconductive member and the donor roll. The electrode member is electrically biased to detach toner from the donor roll so as to form a toner powder cloud in the space between the electrode member and the photoconductive member. In this way, the toner from the donor powder cloud develops the latent image recorded on the photoconductive member. A DC current is transmitted through the electrode member. A magnetic member interacts with the DC current flowing through the electrode member to substantially dampen vibrations of the electrode member.
摘要:
An apparatus which controls the dispensing of marking particles into a developer unit used in an electrophotograhic printing machine adapted to reproduce a copy of an original document. The quantity of marking particles required to reproduce the copy of the original document is predicted and the dispensing of marking particles controlled in response thereto.