Patent ID: 8781351

Claim:
A method of automating generation of a transfer assist blade (TAB) pressure profile, comprising: receiving TAB profile generation parameters, the parameters comprising information relating to automatically and uniformly applying toner to a plurality of TAB petals; printing an oversized image on a plurality of pages to generate at least one toner pickup area on a photoreceptor belt in a printing device; maintaining contact between the TAB petals and the photoreceptor belt beyond a trailing edge of at least a first page, thereby uniformly acquiring toner on the TAB petals; disengaging the TAB petals from the photoreceptor belt at a trailing edge of the oversized image; generating the TAB pressure profile by re-engaging the TAB petals and depositing the uniformly acquired toner on at least a second page as it passes by the TAB; and outputting at least one printed page having the TAB pressure profile deposited thereon; wherein the TAB profile generation parameters comprise a selected number of TAB steps that correspond to an amount of pressure applied by the TAB to the pages as they pass the TAB during TAB pressure profile generation.