Erase and writing continuous for erasable media
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsGrace T. Brewington, Anthony S. Condello, Daniel Martin Bray
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Abstract
An imaging device includes an input for supplying an erasable medium to the imaging device, the erasable medium comprising at least one of an imaged and a non-imaged erasable medium. The imaging device further includes an erase subsystem comprising active and inactive states, the erase subsystem erasing an imaged erasable medium in an active state, a cooling subsystem for selectively cooling an erased medium, and a write subsystem for imaging a received medium. The device further includes a user interface for configuring the imaging device and a sensor for detecting the type of input medium.
Claims16
An imaging device comprising:
- an input for supplying an erasable medium to the imaging device, the erasable medium comprising at least one of an imaged and a non-imaged erasable medium;
- a sensor configured to detect if the erasable medium includes the imaged or non-imaged erasable medium;
- an erase subsystem configured to receive the erasable medium if the sensor detected that the erasable medium includes an image and erase the imaged erasable medium;
- a cooling subsystem for selectively cooling an erased medium;
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- a write subsystem configured to receive and image the erasable medium.
A method of continuous erase and writing in an imaging system, the method comprising:
- supplying an erasable medium to an imaging device, the erasable medium comprising at least one of an imaged and a non-imaged erasable medium;
- detecting, by a sensor, if the erasable medium includes the imaged or non-imaged erasable medium;
- selectively erasing the erasable medium, at an erase subsystem, if the sensor detected that the erasable medium includes an image;
- selectively cooling the erasable medium to a UV imaging temperature at a cooling subsystem;
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- selectively imaging the erasable medium at a write subsystem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.