Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus, comprising:

• a substrate in the form of a cut sheet;
• a layer of a photoconductive material formed on said substrate;
• and
• means for individually transporting said sheets through said printing apparatus and for recycling each cut sheet a plurality of times.

A method of printing comprising:

• extracting a pre-cut photo photoconductor sheet from a stack of pre-cut photoconductor sheets;
• applying a charge to said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• exposing said charged pre-cut photoconductor sheet to a predetermined beam of light in a manner to discharge predetermined portions of said charged pre-cut photoconductor sheet and form a latent electrostatic image thereon;
• applying toner to the latent electrostatic image formed on said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• pressing said pre-cut photoconductor sheet against a sheet of paper to transfer the image onto the sheet of paper;
• separating the sheet of paper from said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• cleaning said pre-cut photoconductor sheet by removing residual toner;
• removing residual charge from said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• and
• recycling said pre-cut photoconductor sheet to said stack.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• means for extracting a pre-cut photo photoconductor sheet from a stack of pre-cut photoconductor sheets;
• means for applying a charge to said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• means for exposing said charged pre-cut photoconductor sheet to a predetermined beam of light in a manner to discharge predetermined portions of said charged pre-cut photoconductor sheet and form a latent electrostatic image thereon;
• means for applying toner to the latent electrostatic image formed on said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• means for pressing said pre-cut photoconductor sheet against a sheet of paper to transfer the image onto the sheet of paper;
• means for separating the sheet of paper from said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• means for cleaning said pre-cut photoconductor sheet by removing residual toner;
• means for removing residual charge from said pre-cut photoconductor sheet;
• and
• means for recycling said pre-cut photoconductor sheet to said stack.