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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJan D. Morrison, Edward F. Grabowski, Virginia E. Dotschkal, Anita P. Lynch, Jerome E. May
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Disclosed are marking materials containing retroreflective fillers and processes for the use thereof. In one embodiment, images containing retroreflective fillers are generated on paper by any suitable means, such as electrostatic imaging and development with either dry or liquid developers, ink jet printing, strip-out development processes, or the like, and the images thus generated are used to control a document reproduction system. In another embodiment, images containing retroreflective fillers are generated on a movable part in an imaging apparatus, such as an imaging member, an intermediate transfer member, or the like, by any suitable means, and the images thus generated are used to impart information regarding the relative position of the movable part with respect to the copier or printer containing the movable part.
A process for generating images on paper which comprises applying in imagewise fashion to the paper a marking material containing a retroreflective filler material.
A toner composition for the development of electrostatic latent images which comprises a thermoplastic resin and a retroreflective filler material, said toner consisting of particles having an average diameter of about 100 microns or less.
A process for generating images which comprises generating an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member in an imaging apparatus;
An imaging process which comprises (1) charging an imaging member in an imaging apparatus;
An ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle and a retroreflective filler material, said ink composition having a viscosity of no more than about 5 centipoise.
A process which comprises incorporating into an ink jet printer an ink composition comprising a liquid vehicle, an optional colorant, and a retroreflecting filler, and causing droplets of the ink composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto a substrate.
A process for generating images which comprises generating an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member in an imaging apparatus;
A liquid developer for the development of electrostatic latent images which comprises a nonaqueous liquid vehicle, an optional charge control agent, and retroreflective filler particles, said developer having a resistivity of at least about 10.sup.8 and a viscosity of no more than 500 centipoise at the temperature at which development occurs.
An imaging process which comprises generating an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member and contacting the latent image with a liquid developer comprising a nonaqueous liquid vehicle, a charge control agent, and toner particles comprising retroreflective filler particles, thereby causing the toner particles to migrate through the liquid and develop the latent image.
An imaging process which comprises generating an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member, applying to an applicator a liquid developer comprising a nonaqueous liquid vehicle and retroreflective filler particles, and bringing the applicator into sufficient proximity with the latent image to cause the image to attract the developer onto the imaging member, thereby developing the image.
An imaging process which comprises applying a liquid to a substrate in imagewise fashion, followed by applying retroreflective filler particles to the liquid image, wherein the liquid is curable to a solid and the process comprises applying a curable liquid to a first substrate in an image pattern, optionally transferring the curable liquid image to a second substrate, subsequently contacting the curable liquid image with retroreflective filler particles so that the retroreflective filler particles adhere to the curable liquid image, optionally transferring the curable liquid and the retroreflective filler particles in image pattern to a third substrate, and curing the curable liquid in the image pattern to a solid.
A process for controlling a reproduction system, comprising the steps of:
A process for determining the relative position of a movable component in an imaging apparatus which comprises (a) providing on the movable component at least one mark with a marking material containing a retroreflective filler material;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.