US Patent 7319829 Transfer bias adjustment based on component life

Patent 7319829 was granted and assigned to Lexmark International, Inc. on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Lexmark International, Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7319829

Date of Patent

January 15, 2008

Patent Application Number

11212218

Date Filed

August 26, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Susan Lee

Patent abstract

An electrophotographic image forming device may use a feedback loop to determine environmental conditions and accordingly set one or more operating parameters. The device may detect a resistance/capacitance characteristic of a feedback loop comprising an interface between a first component and a second component of an image forming unit. The interface may be one in which a toner image is transferred during image forming device operation. A controller may adjust the detected resistance/capacitance characteristic in response to an age of one of the first component or the second component, thereby accounting for the age or wear of the components.