Printing device with cylindrical intermediate transfer member

A method of forming a transfer member for a printing device comprising:

• providing a rigid cylindrical core member;
• forming an electrically-conductive intermediate layer on the core member;
• forming an outer layer on the intermediate layer the outer layer defining an outer surface of the transfer member, the cylindrical core and outer layer having a common axis of rotation, the intermediate layer being more compressible than the outer layer;
• mounting the core member on a shaft;
• and
• providing an electrical conductor, which biases the intermediate layer, relative to a photoconductor drum, for attracting toner images from the photoconductor drum to the outer surface of the transfer member.

A printing device comprising:

• a cylindrical transfer member comprising:
• a rigid cylindrical core member,
• an intermediate layer, formed from a dielectric material, bonded to the core member, and
• an outer layer bonded to the intermediate layer, the outer layer defining an outer surface of the transfer member;
• a plurality of color stations arranged around the transfer member, each of the color stations including a photoreceptor drum on which toner image layers are formed, the photoreceptor drum being electrically biased relative to the surface of the transfer member, the toner image layers being transferred from the photoreceptor drum and the surface of the transfer member at a first transfer nip and transferred from the transfer member to a sheet of print media at a second transfer nip.