Durable registration template for electrostatic printers

Claim 1

A template for use in an electrostatic printing device, in which a number of printing runs may be obtained from one electrostatic image by repeatedly attracting dye to said template in accordance with the charge image of a printing character and transferring said dye to form matrix prints on a registration carrier, said template comprising a band containing a conducting metallic substrate, said band having edges thereon, and having an upper and a lower surface, one of said surfaces containing said sustrate, said substrate having a plurality of raster points for printing a character, said raster points being formed by recesses disposed in said substrate, each of said recesses having a bottom portion with an insulating surface which may be charged to form part of said image, said dye being attRacted only to the charged insulating surfaces to thereby from said image, and synchronization track means disposed upon the template adjacent to said raster positions.