Patent ID: 6433804
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G03G,G06K

Abstract:
A method for printing with a character generator, comprising the steps of:illuminating a photoconductor with at least one light source of an optical character generator; generating light encoding data from print data of a print image; allocating at least three different light encoding values contained in said light encoding data to different illumination energy values; prescribing a balance potential to be set on the photoconductor for a balance event; acquiring an illumination energy producing the prescribed balance potential on the photoconductor as a balance illumination energy; modifying the illumination energy values to be generated by the optical character generator given the different light encoding values in a same relationship dependent on the acquired balance illumination energy; and determining a degree of modification by a deviation of the balance illumination energy from a reference illumination energy that generates the balance potential given employment of a reference photoconductor with a predetermined discharge characteristic.