Patent ID: 6311036
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B29C,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A marking machine, comprising:a moving photoreceptor belt;a charging station for charging said photoreceptor belt;an imaging station for exposing said charged photoreceptor belt so as to produce a latent image;a developer for depositing toner on said latent image;a transfer station for transferring said deposited toner onto a substrate, said transfer station including a seamed intermediate transfer belt that receives toner from said imaging station;a fuser having a fusing member for receiving toner from said intermediate transfer belt and for fusing said transferred toner to said substrate; anda cleaning station for cleaning said photoreceptor;wherein said seamed intermediate transfer belt comprises a seamed substrate formed by joining ends of a belt at a seam, wherein said seamed substrate has a seam region around said seam and a far region away from said seam; andwherein said seam region has good electrical property correspondence with said far region, and wherein said seam and far regions have lateral resistivity greater than 10.sup.8 ohms/square.