Abstract
Copying and duplicating machines are based on xerography1 in which electrostatic images produced in a photoconductive film are developed into visible images by charged pigment particles. The seven steps of xerography (Fig. 1) are: (1) corona charging the photoconductor film, called a photoreceptor; (2) forming an electrostatic image on the photoreceptor by exposing with light; (3) developing the image by charged pigment particles called toners; (4) transferring the toner image onto the paper; (5) fixing the image onto the paper; (6) cleaning the photoreceptor of residual toner; and (7) erasing the remaining electrostatic image by uniform illumination.
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Pai, D.M. (1991). Polymers and Doped Polymers for Applications in Electrophotography. In: Prasad, P.N., Nigam, J.K. (eds) Frontiers of Polymer Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3856-1_32
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