Color plane partial exposure for reducing edge effect

A method for reducing edge effect between images formed on a photoconductive member of an imaging device for development, the method comprising:

• (a) modifying a charge of the photoconductive member to a generally first charged state to generate a first image on the photoconductive member during processing of a first color plane in a multi color plane image processing cycle, the first color plane used in forming a color associated with the first image;
• and,
• (b) modifying the charge of the photoconductive member to a generally second charged state for all data defining a second image adjacent to the first image during processing of the first color plane, wherein the first color plane is not used in forming a color associated with the second image, and wherein the second charged state does not enable and is not leveraged to enable image development at any time during the multi color plane image processing cycle.

A method of image processing, comprising:

• during image processing of a first color plane in a multi color plane image processing cycle, partially exposing a photoconductive member to a partially exposed state for all image data that does not describe any color to be developed on the first color plane but that specifies a color to be developed on at least a second color plane in the cycle, and wherein the partially exposed state does not enable and is not leveraged to enable image development at any time during the cycle.