# US 5,983,064 A · Auxiliary processor for making simulated photographic prints > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,983,064 A - Document ID: US5983064A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/095,016 - Filed: 1993-07-21 - Granted: 1999-11-09 - Earliest claimed: 1993-07-21 - Assignees: Xerox Corporation - Inventors: Leland D. Green; Thomas A. Hanna; Stephen T. Chai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5983064A ## CPC - G03G 15/6582: {Special processing for irreversibly adding or changing the sheet copy material characteristics or its appearance, e.g. stamping, annotation printing, punching} - G03G 8/00: Layers covering the final reproduction, e.g. for protecting, for writing thereon - G03G 15/6591: {characterised by the recording material, e.g. plastic material, OHP, ceramics, tiles, textiles (details transferring the toner pattern onto particular materials G03G15/1625)} - G03G 15/1625: {on a base other than paper} - G03G 2215/00502: Transparent film - G03G 2215/00873: Tape adding means - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY ## Abstract Simulated photographic prints are created using xerographic imaging. A transparent carrier having a xerographically formed mirror image fused thereto is bonded to a plastic substrate through the use of heat and pressure. The transparent carrier and the plastic substrate passed through a heat pressure fuser to form the finished print. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Apparatus for creating simulated photographic prints using xerographic images on a transparent substrate, said apparatus comprising: a xerographic imaging device for forming mirror images on a transparent substrate; an auxiliary print making processor including means forming a part of said print making processor for receiving a transparent substrate from said xerographic imaging device and a bypass chute for feeding a reflective backing member into said print making processor for bonding the transparent substrate to the reflective backing member; means in said auxiliary print making processor for moving said transparent substrate and a reflective backing member into superimposed orientation; and means in said auxiliary print making processor for simultaneously applying heat and pressure to said transparent substrate and said backing member thereby causing them to adhere to each other to form a simulated photographic print. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1 including means for effecting a relatively flat orientation of said simulated photographic print upon exiting from said means for applying heat and pressure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) Apparatus according to claim 2 further including means cooperating with said means for effecting a relatively flat orientation for effecting cooling of said photographic print while simultaneously holding said print in a relatively flat orientation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said means for effecting a relatively flat orientation comprises a pair of rubber coated rolls positioned downstream of a pair of internally heated rolls, said rubber coated rolls being rotated at a slightly faster speed than said internally heated rolls. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said cooperating means comprises a vacuum transport positioned down stream of said rubber coated rolls, wherein said backing member comprises a white or near white plastic sheet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Apparatus according to claim 5 wherein said means for simultaneously applying heat and pressure comprises a pair of internally heated rubber coated rolls. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the thickness of a transparent substrate and a backing member is approximately 0.004 inch. ### Claim 8 A simulated print making processor, said processor comprising: means forming a part of said print making processor for receiving a transparent substrate, having a mirror image thereon, from a printer used for creating said mirror image on said transparent substrate, wherein said receiving means comprises a chute structure for manual feeding said transparent substrate into said print making processor and means for automatically receiving said transparent substrate into said print making processor; means in said print making processor for moving said transparent substrate and a reflective backing member into superimposed relationship; means in said print making processor for simultaneously applying heat and pressure to said transparent substrate and said backing member thereby causing them to adhere to each other to form a simulated photographic print; means for effecting a relatively flat orientation of said simulated photographic print upon exiting from said means for applying heat and pressure; and means cooperating with said means for effecting a relatively flat orientation for effecting cooling of said photographic print while simultaneously holding said print in a relatively flat orientation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Processor according to claim 8 wherein said means for effecting a relatively flat orientation comprises a pair of rubber coated rolls positioned downstream of a pair of internally heated rolls, said rubber coated rolls being rotated at a slightly faster speed than said internally heated rolls. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) Processor according to claim 9 wherein said cooperating means comprises a vacuum transport positioned down stream of said rubber coated rolls wherein said backing member comprises a white or near white plastic sheet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Processor according to claim 10 wherein said means for simultaneously applying heat and pressure comprises a pair of internally heated rubber coated rolls. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Processor according to claim 11 wherein the thickness of a transparent substrate and backing member is approximately 0.004 inch.