Patent ID: 8611793

Claim:
Apparatus for electrically reconditioning a rotatable photoreceptor in an electrophotographic (EP) printer, comprising: a) the EP printer having the rotatable photoreceptor; b) a charger, an exposure subsystem, a transfer station, and an erase lamp arranged in that order around the photoreceptor in the direction of rotation thereof; c) a first corona electrode disposed within 3 cm of a surface of the photoreceptor, but not in contact therewith, between the transfer station and the erase lamp, the transfer station and the erase lamp being less than 2 cm apart; and d) a second corona electrode disposed within 3 cm of the surface of the photoreceptor, but not in contact therewith, after the erase lamp in the direction of rotation of the photoreceptor, the erase lamp and the second corona electrode being less than 1 cm apart.