Device employing multicolor toner particles for generating multicolor images

Device for generating multicolour images, by means of a latent electric charge pattern and development of this on an information carrier by means of toner particles of different colours, by using separate developers for each colour, which developers are individually provided with a toner carrier in the form of a conductive developer roller, the information carrier being arranged as a back electrode which is cooperative with the toner carrier by means of attraction forces, and an electrode means arranged between these, having pervious apertures, which are opened and closed respectively by means of signals from at least a first driving device, characterized therein,

• that the electrode means includes at least a first electrode layer/direction, essentially including relative parallel individual electrodes, which are common for all developers,
• that the toner carriers and the information carrier are arranged to have applied a potential difference with respect to a colour selection, which results in attraction forces between the toner carrier and the information carrier, and
• that, optionally, the electrode means includes a second electrode layer/direction, which includes individual electrodes which are essentially parallel and formed at an angle to the first electrode layer/direction, and which are to be controlled individually by means of signals from at least a second driving device to open and close the pervious apertures.