System and method for conditioning a toner before development

A method for producing an image of a desired color on a substrate, the method comprising:

• filling a replenishing station with a toner mixed to obtain the desired color, the mixed toner comprising at least two component colors;
• directing a portion of the mixed toner from the replenishing station to a conditioning station;
• drawing a portion of the mixed toner from the conditioning station;
• analyzing the drawn portion of the mixed toner to determine whether the toner is suitable for producing the desired color;
• adjusting a mixture of the mixed toner in the conditioning station by removing a portion of at least one of the at least two component colors;
• feeding the toner to a development station when the toner is suitable for producing the desired color;
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• producing the image of the desired color on the substrate.

A method of forming an image of a desired color on a substrate utilizing a toner solution of the desired color containing a first solution of a first species and a second solution of a second species, the ratio of the first solution to the second solution being Rp, the method comprising:

• mixing a toner solution in a conditioning station, the toner solution containing the first solution and the second solution;
• drawing a portion of the toner solution out of the conditioning station;
• removing a first fraction of the drawn portion;
• returning a second fraction of the drawn portion to the conditioning station, the second fraction having a ratio substantially different from Rp, until the ratio of the first solution and the second solution drawn out of the conditioning station is substantially the same as Rp;
• and
• feeding the toner solution to a development station to form the image on the substrate.