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Full color xerographic printing system with dual wavelength, single optical system ROS and dual layer photoreceptor
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1993-01-04
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Granted: 1994-09-13
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Expires: 2013-01-04
Abstract
Abstract A full color xerographic printing system, either double pass or single pass, with a single polygon, single optical system Raster Output Scanning (ROS) system has a dual wavelength laser diode source for the ROS which images the dual beams at a single station as closely spaced spots or at two stations as closely spaced spots on a dual layer photoreceptor with each photoreceptor layer sensitive to or accessible by only one of the two wavelengths.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory J. Kovacs
- 👤 G. A. Neville Connell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:26
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G5/00; G03G5/02; G03G15/00; G03G15/01; G03G15/0105; G03G15/011; G03G5/04; G03G5/043; G03G5/047; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/50; H04N1/502; H04N1/506; H04N1/508
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A full color xerographic printing system comprising: a raster output scanner optical system for generating at least one first modulated beam at a first wavelength and at least one second modulated beam at a second wavelength, said second wavelength being different from said first wavelength, a photoreceptor means having a first layer and a second layer, said first layer being sensitive or accessible only to said first wavelength and said second layer being sensitive or accessible only to said second wavelength, and xerographic means for charging said photoreceptor means, said xerographic means then exposing areas of said photoreceptor means to neither modulated beam, said first modulated beam, said second modulated beam, or both first modulated beam and second modulated beam, and, after exposure, said xerographic means depositing different color toners on said photoreceptor means in response to exposure of said areas of said layers to said modulated beams, whereby said different color toners produce black and white and all six of the primary colors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
A full color xerographic printing system comprising: a raster output scanner optical system for generating at least one first modulated beam at a first wavelength and at least one second modulated beam at a second wavelength, said second wavelength being different from said first wavelength, a photoreceptor means having a first layer and a second layer, said first layer being sensitive or accessible only to said first wavelength and said second layer being sensitive or accessible only to said second wavelength, and xerographic means for charging said photoreceptor means, said xerographic means then exposing areas of said photoreceptor means to neither modulated beam, said first modulated beam, said second modulated beam, or both first modulated beam and second modulated beam, and, after exposure, said xerographic means depositing different color toners on said photoreceptor means in response to exposure of said areas of said layers to said modulated beams, whereby said different color toners produce black and white and all six of the primary colors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said first layer is sensitive in the red range and said second layer is sensitive in the infrared range.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said first wavelength is approximately 670 nm and said second wavelength is approximately 830 nm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said raster output scanner optical system comprises a single rotating polygon and single optical system for said first and second modulated beams.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein a blanket exposure step is used between toner development stations to change voltage levels between that area of the photoreceptor which was exposed with said first wavelength only and that which was exposed with said second wavelength only to allow subsequent toner development in only one of those two areas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein the light source of said raster output scanner optical system comprises a semiconductor laser wherein one or more modulated beams are emitted at each of the two wavelengths.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said photoreceptor means comprises a photoreceptor drum, said photoreceptor drum having an electrically conductive substrate upon which is said second layer and said first layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said xerographic means is a double pass system with a single exposure station.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 8 wherein said single exposure station comprises a common single polygon, single optics raster output scanner optical system in which two or more beams are emitted from a semiconductor laser light source, said semiconductor laser light source being either hybrid or monolithic.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said xerographic means is a single pass system with two exposure stations.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
77 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 10 wherein the two exposure stations are addressed each by two beams from a common single polygon, single optics raster output scanner optical system in which four beams are emitted from a semiconductor laser light source, said semiconductor laser light source being either hybrid or monolithic, said four beams being split two beams to each of said two exposure stations by polarization splitting elements or by wavelength splitting elements.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 1 wherein said photoreceptor means comprises a photoreceptor belt, said photoreceptor belt having an electrically conductive substrate upon which is said second layer and said first layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 12 wherein said first layer consists of benzimidazole perylene, and said second layer consists of titanyl phthalocyanine.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 13 wherein said first layer comprises a generator layer of benzimidazole perylene and a transport layer of N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(3"-methylphenyl)-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine (TPD) in polycarbonate and said second layer comprises a generator layer of titanyl phthalocyanine and a transport layer of N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(3"-methylphenyl)-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine (TPD) in polycarbonate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
77 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 14 wherein said generator layer of benzimidazole perylene of said first layer is approximately 0.1 to 1 m thick, said transport layer of TPD in polycarbonate of said first layer is approximately 15 m thick, said generator layer of titanyl phthalocyanine of said second layer is approximately 0.1 to 1 m thick and said transport layer of TPD in polycarbonate of said second layer is approximately 15 m thick.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The full color xerographic printing system of claim 15 wherein said first wavelength is approximately 670 nm and said second wavelength is approximately 830 nm.
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