US 2011/0299869 A1 · REDUCING TONER CRACKING WITH SCREENING PATTERNS

Abstract

Toner is applied to a receiver having an area to be folded and a separate area not to be folded. Non-fold and fold-area screening patterns are selected. The non-fold screening pattern has a toner coverage greater than 50% and the fold-area screening pattern has a toner coverage less than 50%. Image data to be applied to the receiver in the area to be folded and the area not to be folded are received. The image data in the area not to be folded are processed using the non-fold screening pattern and the image data in the area to be folded are processed using the fold-area screening pattern to provide screened data. Toner corresponding to the screened data is applied to the receiver. The applied toner is fused to the receiver, so that the area to be folded includes fused toner.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method of operating a printer to apply toner to a receiver having an area to be folded and a separate area not to be folded, comprising:

selecting a non-fold screening pattern and a fold-area screening pattern wherein the non-fold screening pattern has a toner coverage greater than 50% and the fold-area screening pattern has a toner coverage less than 50%;
receiving image data to be applied to the receiver in the area to be folded and the area not to be folded;
processing the image data in the area not to be folded using the non-fold screening pattern and the image data in the area to be folded using the fold-area screening pattern to provide screened data;
using the printer to apply toner corresponding to the screened data to the receiver;
and
fusing the applied toner to the receiver, so that the area to be folded includes fused toner.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reducing toner cracking with screening patterns

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Reducing toner cracking with screening patterns

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Abstract

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