Apparatus and systems including an imaging module and developer module installable in an electrostatographic printing system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJeffrey M. FOWLER, Ian HARPUR
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Abstract
A module installable in an electrostatographic printing apparatus includes a first housing suitable for retaining marking material, and extending substantially a width of a rotatable charge receptor. The first housing includes an input port and an output port. The module includes a second housing external to the first housing, the second housing forms a conduit between the output port and the input port. The second housing contains a quantity of marking material, the quantity being suitable as at least part of an initial fill of marking material for the first housing.
Claims15
An imaging module installable in an electrostatographic printing apparatus, comprising:
- a first housing suitable for retaining marking material, the first housing extending substantially a width of a rotatable charge receptor;
- an input port associated with the first housing;
- an output port associated with the first housing;
- a second housing external to the first housing, forming a conduit between the output port and the input port;
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- a quantity of marking material disposed in the second housing, the quantity being suitable as at least part of an initial fill of marking material for the first housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.