Patent ID: 6118465
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing color images on a media sheet, comprising:plural developer stations arranged along a media travel path, each developer station including a photoreceptor roller and a transfer roller, means for toning the photoreceptor roller with one of a plurality of color toners, and means for image-wise exposing said photoreceptor roller to establish image charge states thereon;OPC band means extending along said media travel path and in driving contact with peripheries of each photoreceptor roller at each of said plural developer stations;media band means extending along said media travel path and in driving contact with a media sheet passing between the photoreceptor roller and the transfer roller at each of said plural developer stations; anddrive means for concurrently driving said OPC band means and media band means to enable said media sheet and each photoreceptor roller to exhibit synchronized speeds of movement at a point of contact therebetween.