Patent ID: 6889021

Claim:
An electrophotographic printing apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor belt having an outer surface; a support member operably disposed to support the movement of the photoreceptor belt along a path, the photoreceptor belt having a shape defined, at least in part, by the support member, the shape of the photoreceptor belt having at least two sides meeting at a transfer point, the first of the two sides extending at a first angle measured from the outer surface of the photoreceptor belt to a horizontal axis of the apparatus at the transfer point and the second of the two sides extending at a second angle measured from the outer surface of the photoreceptor belt to the horizontal axis at the transfer point, the first and the second angles are each less than 90Â°, and a plurality of developing units, each developing unit disposed adjacent to one of the first and second sides of the shape of the photoreceptor belt.