EP0547348A3 - Electrophotographic color printer and method - Google Patents

Electrophotographic color printer and method Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0547348A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: color printer; electrophotographic color; electrophotographic; printer; color
Prior art date: 1991-12-17
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19920118744

Other versions

EP0547348B1 (en

EP0547348A2 (en

Inventor

Chris A. Storlie

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

HP Inc

Original Assignee

Hewlett Packard Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1991-12-17

Filing date

1992-11-02

Publication date

1993-09-15

1992-11-02 Application filed by Hewlett Packard Co filed Critical Hewlett Packard Co

1993-06-23 Publication of EP0547348A2 publication Critical patent/EP0547348A2/en

1993-09-15 Publication of EP0547348A3 publication Critical patent/EP0547348A3/en

1997-07-09 Application granted granted Critical

1997-07-09 Publication of EP0547348B1 publication Critical patent/EP0547348B1/en

2012-11-02 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
- G03G15/0105—Details of unit
- G03G15/0126—Details of unit using a solid developer
- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
- G03G15/0142—Structure of complete machines
- G03G15/0147—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member
- G03G15/0152—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member
- G03G15/0163—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member primary transfer to the final recording medium

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Color Electrophotography (AREA)
Dot-Matrix Printers And Others (AREA)
Color, Gradation (AREA)
Electrophotography Using Other Than Carlson'S Method (AREA)

EP92118744A 1991-12-17 1992-11-02 Electrophotographic color printer and method Expired - Lifetime EP0547348B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US81223691A	1991-12-17	1991-12-17
US812236		1991-12-17

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0547348A2 EP0547348A2 (en)	1993-06-23
EP0547348A3 true EP0547348A3 (en)	1993-09-15
EP0547348B1 EP0547348B1 (en)	1997-07-09

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP92118744A Expired - Lifetime EP0547348B1 (en)	1991-12-17	1992-11-02	Electrophotographic color printer and method

Country Status (3)

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EP (1)	EP0547348B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH05307310A (en)
DE (1)	DE69220764T2 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

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US5799230A (en) *	1997-03-24	1998-08-25	Hewlett-Packard Company	Compact electrophotographic color developer module
JP2003248362A (en)	2001-12-20	2003-09-05	Seiko Epson Corp	Image forming device
JP2004240407A (en)	2003-01-08	2004-08-26	Seiko Epson Corp	Image forming device

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EP0153038A2 (en) *	1984-01-30	1985-08-28	Konica Corporation	Method of forming images
EP0326941A2 (en) *	1988-01-29	1989-08-09	Konica Corporation	Image forming apparatus
EP0357384A2 (en) *	1988-08-31	1990-03-07	Canon Kabushiki Kaisha	An image forming apparatus
EP0420217A2 (en) *	1989-09-29	1991-04-03	Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.	Image forming apparatus
US5047804A (en) *	1987-07-27	1991-09-10	Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha	Image forming apparatus having a toner replenishment control system
US5063410A (en) *	1989-02-10	1991-11-05	Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha	Image forming apparatus having a plurality of removable developing devices

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CA2003398A1 (en) *	1988-11-21	1990-05-21	Shizuo Morita	Color copy machine with detachable process cartridge

1992
- 1992-11-02 DE DE1992620764 patent/DE69220764T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1992-11-02 EP EP92118744A patent/EP0547348B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-12-17 JP JP4354995A patent/JPH05307310A/en active Pending

Patent Citations (6)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
EP0153038A2 (en) *	1984-01-30	1985-08-28	Konica Corporation	Method of forming images
US5047804A (en) *	1987-07-27	1991-09-10	Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha	Image forming apparatus having a toner replenishment control system
EP0326941A2 (en) *	1988-01-29	1989-08-09	Konica Corporation	Image forming apparatus
EP0357384A2 (en) *	1988-08-31	1990-03-07	Canon Kabushiki Kaisha	An image forming apparatus
US5063410A (en) *	1989-02-10	1991-11-05	Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha	Image forming apparatus having a plurality of removable developing devices
EP0420217A2 (en) *	1989-09-29	1991-04-03	Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.	Image forming apparatus

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PHOTOGRAPHING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING vol. 26, no. 5, September 1982, WASHINGTON pages 254 - 261 TAKAHASHI ET AL. 'Mechanism of Canon Toner Projection Development' *

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0547348B1 (en)	1997-07-09
DE69220764T2 (en)	1997-11-06
DE69220764D1 (en)	1997-08-14
EP0547348A2 (en)	1993-06-23
JPH05307310A (en)	1993-11-19

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