Patent ID: 8494412
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system, comprising: a photoreceptor having a seam area; a charging device that generates electrical charge to the photoreceptor; an exposure station that patterns an exposure on the photoreceptor; a development station that develops toner onto the photoreceptor; a transfer station at a transfer location proximate to the photoreceptor that is configured to transfer toner from the photoreceptor to a continuous print web medium with a transfer current, or, a transfer current with a mechanical force; a vacuum assembly located proximate the transfer location that is configured to engage and disengage the continuous print web medium with the photoreceptor at the transfer location and provide different tension forces thereto for driving the continuous print web medium in different directions; and a controller that determines the different tension forces and durations to apply them by signaling a change in vacuums of the vacuum assembly based on print data received at each print job, the print seam area of the photoreceptor and an interdocument zone.